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IMPORTANCE  OP 
MARCH  OFFERING 


It  would  overestimarte 

the  impdrtaiMJe  of  thei  March  OflPering 
for  Foreign  Missions  the  first  Sunday  in 
March.^' 


1.*— tt  important  to  the  churched 

themselv^i  very  life  and  future 

usefulness  depend  in  a  large  measure 


2it---tVliatever  ma  the  niethod  of 
the  church  for  Missions  during  the  year, 
Murch ;  7th  ihc^ld J)e^  a  of  emphasis; 

and  infof^atihn;  a  inspiration  for 
Foreign  ;;Missiohs*j.--:/::a^ 


FOREIGN  CHRISTIAN 
MISS  ION  ARV  SOCI ETY 

A.  McLI^N,  /Vc«dfenf 


3.^The  work  of Foreign  Society 
is  now  larger  in  the  regions®Jond  than 
at  any  former  period,  and  itis  obligations 
are  correspondingly  increased. 


Box  884  CINCINNATI,  QHIO 


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4.-r*^e  reports  of  our  Commission  to 
the  mission  fields  bring  to;  us  a  clear 
and  distinct  voice  for  an  immediate  ad- 
;  vance  in  all  Asia.  Not  to  heed  this 
voice  would-  be  sheer-  shortsightedness. 


Please  order  your  March  Offering; 
supplies  fb-day,  and  begin  a  thorough 
preparation  for  a  great  offering. 


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As 


for 


as 


ourselves” 


A  Missionary  Ideal  for  the  Local  Church 


♦I..  7**®  *®®’  'diagram  above  is  one  of  slogans  oi 

2^  stE  ~  over  the  world  churches 

®  ”u  *®  reach  this  ideal.  Some  have  reached  it  and  others 

SoS  aTKa!!^  should  do  as  much 

<.!»„!*  if  >^“f®«^le  tha  60%  of  the  amount  given  for  Mis^ 

sions  should  be  spent  for  Foreign  Missions  for  the  following  reasons : 

I  the  ratio  quite  generally  recognized  in  nearlv  all  the 

ThrBan«r?f  ^  »t  the  Presbyterians, 

me  Baptists,  SS%,  and  the  Congregationalists  more  than  80%.  - 

nf  the  ^^®  fcalieve  the  ratio  for  Foreign  Missions  is  only  fair  because 

fireivn?  w  scope  of  such  work.  The  Foreign  Society  does  on  the 
foreign  field  what  all  of  our  societies  do  for  the  homeland. 

ca,,,^ef  ml  i*®'i®’'*  *®  no  more  than  just,  be- 

e  of  the  largeness  of  the  Foreign  Missionary  enterprise.  “ 

in  ALnSfi'*®?  '"®*’®  ^*0>000,000  our  people  expended  all  told 

in  America  last  year,  we  also  invest  our  lives  here. 


A  FOREWORD 


The  March  Offering  Manual  has  come  to  be  a  neces¬ 
sity.  The  preachers  and  other  leaders  expect  it. 

It  has  been  the  aim  of  the  Foreign  Society  to  make 
this  issue  as  good  as  the  best.  It  will  be  found  full  of 
valuable  information  and  meaty  things  about  the  world- 
task.  It  has  cost  much  labor  and  pains  in  its  prepara¬ 
tion. 

The  Manual  has  been  divided  into  parts  for  proper 
classification  and  for  greater  convenience. 

This  document  will  repay  a  careful  and  thoughtful 
reading.  It  embraces  a  vast  amount  of  information. 
We  believe  it  will  help  the  March  Offering. 

The  article  in  Part  C,  “The  Missionary  Enterprise 
Criticised,'’  is  one  of  the  strongest  missionary  docu¬ 
ments  we  have  ever  published.  Do  not  fail  to  read  all 
of  it. 

Our  medical  work  on  the  foreign  field  is  quite  fully 
set  forth.  A  much  larger  work  is  being  done  than  many 
of  the  friends  have  supposed. 

Altogether,  it  is  hoped  this  Manual  will  awaken 
thought,  stimulate  interest,  and  insure  larger  returns 
from  the  March  Offering  for  Foreign  Missions  the  first 
Sunday  in  March. 

Let  us  express  the  hope  that  this  Manual  will  be 
filed  for  future  reference.  " 


PART  1 


The  Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society 

As  goes  the  preacher,  so  goes  the  March  Offering. 


Last  year  Africa  led  all  the  countries  in  which  the  Society 
does  work  in  the  number  of  conversions.  The  number  of 
baptisms  was  1,034. 


The  preacher  is  the  key-man  in  the  March  Offering. 


The  total  number  of  additions  last  year  was  2,729. 


This  is  the  fortieth  year  of  the  history  of  the  Society. 
Let  us  celebrate  the  year  by  a  great  advance  movement. 


If  the  preacher  is  a  missionary  man,  the  church  will  be 
a  missionary  church. 


During  the  past  thirty-nine  years  the  Society  has  re¬ 
ceived  and  expended  $5,738,196.  This  small  amount  has 
planted  New  Testament  Christianity  in  all  the  fields  in 
which  we  are  doing  work.  It  is  a  great  showing.  And 
our  churches  are  far  stronger  at  home  because  of  what  they 
have  done  abroad. 


Please  let  no  church  fail  to  observe  the  March  Offering 
the  first  Sunday  in  March.  We  must  not  give  up  this  day 
for  world-wide  evangelization.  The  churches  must  be 

taught  and  inspired  for  the  task  before  them. 

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9 


In  1876  only  thirty  of  our  churches  contributed  to  For¬ 
eign  Missions,  and  they  gave  only  $20.  Last  year  3,187 
churches  gave  $141,604.  This  is  growth.  The  advance 
must  be  continued. 


Much  of  the  success  of  the  day  will  depend,  of  course, 
upon  the  preparation  put  into  it. 


Our  first  and  most  insistent  appeal  is  to  the  preacher. 


Last  year  the  receipts  amounted  to  $464,149,  a  gain  over 
the  previous  year  of  $29,965.  There  has  been  a  gain  every 
year  for  fourteen  years,  except  one.  The  receipts  have  more 
than  doubled  in  ten  years.  During  the  past  five  years  the 
receipts  have  increased  $103,037,  or  an  average  of  more  than 
$20,000  per  year. 


Do  not  forget  the  181  missionaries  far  out  on  the  heathen 
field. 


It  is  time  to  prepare  for  the  March  Offering. 


How  the  years  do  fly!  How  the  work  does  grow! 


Do  not  fail  to  observe  the  first  Sunday  in  March  as  a  day 
devoted  to  Foreign  Missions  in  your  church. 


Order  the  March  Offering  Envelopes,  the  Pastoral  Let¬ 
ters,  and  all  necessary  supplies.  They  are  furnished  free  of 
charge. 


Hold  a  Foreign  Missionary  Rally  in  your  church. 


See  that  a  thorough  canvass  is  made  in  your  church.  See 
every  member. 


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WHY  TAKE  THE  MARCH  OFFERING? 

We  take  the  March  Offering  for  the  following  reasons: 

(1)  Our  Lord  waits  yet  ‘‘to  see  of  the  travail  of  his  soul  and 
be  satisfied/’ 

(2)  He  told  his  disciples  to  go  into  all  the  world  and  preach 
the  gospel  to  every  creature.  This  was  his  last  com¬ 
mand  and  has  the  authority  of  his  life  and  love  back  of 
it,  and  it  must  be  obeyed. 

(3)  Multitudes  of  those  for  whom  he  died  have  never  heard 
of  him,  and  they  cannot  believe  in  him  of  whom  they 
have  not  heard. 

(4)  We  believe  that  if  the  church  is  faithful,  the  difficult  task 
can  be  accomplished,  for  the  Book  of  God  is  pledged  to 
this  victory  in  a  thousand  promises. 

(5)  We  believe  that  the  only  way  to  do  great  things  on  the 
mission  field  is  for  the  churches  to  co-operate  and  put 
their  offerings  together.  One  church  cannot  well  build 
a  hospital  or  a  college,  or  establish  a  mission  station. 

(6)  We  believe  that  “the  light  that  shines  farthest  shines 
brightest  near  home.” 

Nashville,  Tennessee.  Carey  E.  Morgan. 

WHY  I  OBSERVE  THE  MARCH  OFFERING 

Wm.  Ross  Lloyd 

(i)  It  is  supreme  in  the  heart  of  Father,  Son,  and  Holy 
Spirit — Heaven’s  Goal. 

{2)  It  is  the  supreme  need  of  the  church  for  her  own  growth 
Harmony.  Healing,  unity,  and  inspiration  to  the  un¬ 
saved  at  home. 

(3)  It  is  the  supreme  need  of  myself  as  a  faithful  steward. 
I  am  debtor,  teacher,  recruiter,  financial  agent,  or  a 
hypocrite. 

(4)  It  is  the  supreme  need  of  one  billion  men,  women,  and 
children,  unutterably  pitiable  and  helpless,  who  cannot 
wait  an  hour. 

(5)  It  is  the  supreme  need  of  the  unborn  billions  to  prepare 
for  their  advent  into  Christian  homes. 

(6)  It  is  the  supreme  need  to  “hasten  the  coming  of  the  day 
of  God”  and  to  stop  all  sorrow  in  the  whole  earth. 

(7)  It  is  the  supreme  joy  of  our  departed  loved  ones  and  all 

“spirits  of  just  men  made  perfect  in  heaven”  to  know 
that  you  and  I  are  doing  this  supreme  work.  World¬ 
wide  evangelization  is  the  one  topic  on  the  “golden 
streets.”  . 

(8)  It  will  be  my  supreme  regret  in  eternity  if  I  neglect  this 
supreme  opportunity  to  work  at  this  supreme  task. 


THE  VALUE  OF  A  COLLEGE  LIVING-LINK 


Intro.  I.  We  are  the  only  Living-link  school  among  us. 

Notice  2.  The  Living-link  idea  is  growing  in  power. 

3.  This  indicates  that  it  is  considered  beneficial. 

1.  What  is  the  General  Value  of  a  Living-link? 

1.  It  brings  the  missionary  and  his  supporters  into  closer 
touch. 

2.  This  touch  is  personal  and  definite,  and  therefore  more 
powerful. 

3.  It  also  makes  possible  more  definite  information  both 
ways. 

4.  It  makes  supporters  and  missionary  realize  more  vividly 
their  responsibility. 

5.  It  enables  the  supporters  to  choose  their  own  represen¬ 
tative. 

6.  It  is  special  and  therefore  more  intense  along  all  lines. 

II.  What  is  the  Value  of  a  College  Living-link? 

1.  Those  students  as  a  class  will  be  leaders  in  their  respec¬ 
tive  churches. 

2.  They  come  from  many  churches  and  therefore  can  spread 
the  benefits  more  widely. 

3.  It  plants  a  great  idea  in  the  most  fertile  soil. 

4.  It  plants  the  idea  at  the  most  propitious  time. 

5.  It  preoccupies  the  ground  and  prevents  worldliness. 

6.  It  bends  the  twig  in  the  right  direction. 

7.  It  furnishes  a  worthy  and  general  bond  of  union — Col¬ 
lege  Spirit.. 

Con.  I.  The  college  Living-link  is  the  most  important  Liv¬ 
ing-link. 

2.  All  our  colleges  could  be  and  should  be  Living-links. 

3.  Prayerful  consecration,  preparation,  and  effort  will 
secure  the  desired  result. 

Prof.  H.  L.  Calhoun. 

Lexington,  Kentucky. 


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FOREIGN  SOCIETY 
Gains  Last  Year 

GAINED — Medical  Treatments,  20,848. 

GAINED— Schools,  8. 

GAINED — Churches,  7. 

GAINED — Church  Membership,  993. 

GAINED — Sunday-schools,  58. 

GAINED — School  Membership,,  839. 

GAINED — School  and  Medical  Fees,  $2,484. 

GAINED— Church  Buildings,  1 1 . 

GAINED — Contributing  Churches,  65. 

GAINED — Contributing  Sunday-schools,  71. 

GAINED — Personal  Gifts,  322. 

GAINED— In  Amount  of  Personal  Gifts,  $1,175. 

GAINED — Miscellaneous  Receipts,  $23,745. 

GAINED — New  Living-links,  28. 

GAINED — Total  Receipts,  $29,965. 

EFFICIENCY 

Business  Efficiency  to  be  Consecrated  to  God’s  Service: 

Exodus  18:25:  And  Moses  chose  able  men  out  of  all  Israel,  and  made  them 

heads  over  all  the  people. 

Exodus  36:  1:  And  Bezalel  and  Oholiab  shall  work,  and  every  wise-hearted 

man,  in  whom  Jehovah  hath  put  wisdom  and  understanding  to 
know  how  to  work  for  the  service  of  the  sanctuary,  according 
to  all  that  Jehovah  hath  commanded. 

Luke  12:  42:  And  the  Lord  said.  Who  then  is  the  faithful  and  wise  steward, 

whom  his  lord  shall  set  over  his  household. 

“The  reason,”  says  Dr.  John  R.  Mott,  “why  so  many  churches  ac¬ 
complish  so  little  for  the  world’s  evangelization  is  because  they  have 
no  adequate  plan  and  because  they  have  not  enlisted  the  leadership 
of  men  combining  business  sense  and  missionary  spirit.” 

The  late  Mr.  John  H.  Converse,  of  the  Baldwin  Locomotive  Works 
in  Philadelphia,  very  truly  said :  “When  business  men  apply  the  same 
energy  and  intelligence  to  the  work  of  missions  which  govern  in  their 
commercial  ventures,  then  the  proposition  to  evangelize  the  world  in 
this  generation  will  be  no  longer  a  dream.” 

Dr.  Munger  has  said  that  “there  is  no  better  test  of  a  minister’s 
character  and  ability  to  carry  on  and  lead  a  parish  than  in  the  way  in 
which  he  manages  its  charities.” 


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PREPARATION  FOR  THE  MARCH  OFFERING 

1.  Realize  its  Importance. — Nothing  is  more  vital  to 
the  success  of  missions  than  that  pastors  and  leaders  shall 
put  the  question  of  world-evangelization  in  its  right  place 
in  the  church.  In  the  light  of  Christ’s  last  words  to  his  dis¬ 
ciples,  it  is  hardly  imaginable  that  he  would  place  a  local 
church’s  relationship  to  world-wide  missions  anywhere  but 
at  the  very  front  of  its  endeavor.  If  Foreign  Missions  bulks 
large  in  the  thought  of  pastor  and  people,  the  offerings  on 
which  Foreign  Missions  depends  will  bulk  large  also. 

If  this  work  is  relegated  to  a  little  corner  of  the  church’s 
life,  in  thought  and  emphasis,  the  offering  will  be  fully  as 
puny  as  the  conception  of  the  task.  The  March  Offering  for 
Foreign  Missions  is  the  opportunity  of  the  people  to  carry 
out  Christ’s  supreme  command  to  go  into  all  the  world  and 
preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature.  To  fail  to  realize  the 
importance  of  this  opportunity  is  to  handicap  both  Christ 
and  the  giver.  Let  the  pastor  read  and  ponder  and  absorb 
great  literature  on  God’s  world  and  God’s  work,  and  let  the 
Bible  be  to  the  front  in  it  all. 

2.  Create  an  Atmosphere. — People  will  not  give  self- 
forgetfully  “off  a  cold  collar.”  If  saving  the  world  is  the 
biggest  thing  in  this  world,  every  church  ought  to  be 
electric  with  the  world-passion  of  Jesus.  There  is  an  at¬ 
mosphere  that  loosens  heart-strings  and  purse-strings — fill 
the  church  with  it.  Begin  and  end  with  prayer.  Preach, 
teach,  talk,  and  get  others  to  talk.  There  is  no  better  way 
than  to  get  a  little  group  of  people  around  you  who  want  to 
follow  Jesus’s  program,  and  pray  and  talk  with  them  about 
the  task.  They  will  be  a  wall  of  fire  about  you,  burning  in 
and  burning  out.  The  whole  church  will  feel  the  impact  of 
such  an  inner  circle. 

Get  others  besides  yourself  to  talk  about  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sions  in  public,  and  to  pray  likewise.  Make  no  apologies,  do 
no  begging,  banish  all  cant.  Stand  out  before  the  people 
with  tenderness  and  boldness,  and  help  them  to  see  that 
there  is  no  compromise  in  the  church’s  platform.  Preach 
missionary  sermons,  tell  missionary  stories,  array  mission¬ 
ary  facts,  proclaim  missionary  victories,  challenge  the  people 
to  share  in  the  greatest  task  on  earth.  Sear  the  souls  of  the 
people  with  the  horror  and  ignorance  and  pitiful  need  of 
pagan  fields,  and  then  flash  before  them  the  mighty  victories 
of  God  as  he  walks  and  works  in  these  distant  lands. 

3.  Make  Worthy  Plans. — How  often  men  have  preached 
that  the  supreme  task  of  the  church  was  to  evangelize  the 


world,  and  then  taken  the  offering  with  less  planning  than 
that  exercised  in  a  Sunday-school  picnic.  If  it’s  the 
biggest  task,  then  lay  the  biggest  plans.  Will  Christ  be 
pleased  at  big  missionary  sermons  when  the  plans  for  the 
offering  are  on  a  miserable  vest-pocket  contribution  basis? 
When  Billy  Sunday  goes  to  a  city  for  an  evangelistic  cam¬ 
paign,  the  churches  are  alive  with  plans  three  months  in 
advance.  Is  a  church’s  share  in  a  local  evangelistic  cam¬ 
paign  of  any  more  importance  than  a  church’s  share  in 
world- wide  conquest?  Do  not  most  of  us  fail  right  there? 
Are  our  plans  on  a  par  with  our  preaching?  Organize  com¬ 
mittees,  distribute  literature,  present  facts,  show  the  people 
what  they  are  doing  and  what  they  might  do. 

Do  not  fail  to  send  out  pastoral  letters  and  envelopes  with 
the  names  of  the  people  on  them.  Take  everybody  into  your 
confidence,  and  take  nothing  for  granted.  Work,  and  have 
others  working  for  a  record  attendance  on  the  first  Sunday 
in  March,  and  lay  plans  to  reach  every  one  who  does  not 
attend.  It  is  well  to  get  some  of  the  best  people  pledged  in 
advance  in  a  generous  way,  and  then  use  their  pledges  as  an 
incentive  to  others.  Lay  your  plans  as  carefully  as  you 
would  for  church  dedication  or  a  great  evangelistic  cam¬ 
paign,  and  then  try  and  bring  the  working  abreast  of  the 
planning. 

4.  Execute. — The  March  Offering  day  can  be  made  a 
day  long  to  be  remembered.  It  should  be  a  spiritual  day, 
a  happy  day,  and  a  decisive  day.  Don’t  preach  too  long. 
Mark  Twain  told  of  being  moved  to  give  $ioo  for  Foreign 
Missions  early  in  the  pastor’s  burning  appeal.  But  the  ser¬ 
mon  lasted  so  long  that  it  lost  its  point,  and  the  listener 
gradually  suffered  reversion,  until  he  finally  stole  ten  cents 
from  the  plate  when  it  was  passed. 

Have  everything  conveniently  arranged,  so  that  the  offer¬ 
ing  can  be  smoothly  and  quickly  taken.  Make  it  easy  with 
pencils  and  pledge-cards  for  people  to  subscribe  if  they  have 
not  brought  the  money.  Best  of  all,  make  an  Every-Member 
Canvass,  reaching  those  in  attendance  for  pledges  as  far  as 
possible,  and- then,  through  a  strong  committee,  follow  up 
the  work  until  every  one  is  faced  with  a  personal  appeal  to 
support  the  great  work.  On  the  offering  day  study  to  make 
not  only  the  preaching  effective,  but  also  the  songs  and  the 
whole  service.  Send  the  people  away  feeling  that  a  great 
obligation  has  been  faced  in  a  worthy  way,  and  with  the 
assurance  that  if  Christ  has  not  had  his  way  in  their  hearts 
it  is  no  fault  of  theirs. 


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MOTIVES  FOR  THE  MARCH  OFFERING 

1.  A  Gracious  Gratitude. — If  our  people  were  filled 
with  deep  gratitude  for  God’s  wonderful  gift  of  the  gospel, 
our  contributions  for  Foreign  Missions  would  flow  like 
water.  The  whole  plan  for  the  offering  should  be  set  on 
the  foundation  of  thanksgiving.  If  hearts  are  overflowing 
with  gratitude  there  can  be  no  begging — gifts  will  come  as 
an  expression  of  joy.  The  Bolenge,  Africa,  Christians  bring 
their  missionary  gifts  as  a  thank  offering.  Remind  the  * 
church  that  they  are  all  the  product  of  missions  and  that  all 
good  things  in  our  lives  and  times  come  from  Christ.  A 
gracious  gratitude  to  God  will  open  deep  fountains  of  giving. 

2.  The  Wondrous  Success. — This  is  a  motive  to  giv¬ 
ing  of  tremendous  appeal.  Missions  is  the  most  success¬ 
ful  enterprise  known.  To  deny  it  is  to  deny  the  evident 
working  of  God.  This  is  the  united  testimony  of  more  than 
24,000  missionaries  now  living,  the  testimony  of  all  the  mis¬ 
sionaries  who  have  lived  in  the  past,  the  testimony  of  kings, 
of  presidents  and  diplomats,  and  statesmen.  It  is  the  testi¬ 
mony  of  millions  of  men  and  women  now  enjoying  Christian 
privileges  and  Christian  hope,  that  once  sat  in  darkness. 
Appeal  to  the  motive  of  success  by  telling  the  story  of  our 
Congo  mission.  The  same  ratio  of  growth  here  in  America 
last  year  would  have  given  us  400,000  converts.  Recite  the 
victories  of  the  Philippine  Islands,  where  last  year  with  a 
meager  force  we  baptized  almost  1,000.  Think  of  more  than 
800  native  workers,  of  more  than  5,000  in  our  schools,  of  our 
wondrous  hospital  work,  and  of  nearly  a  million  dollars’ 
worth  of  property  acquired.  Look  where  you  may  and  the 
facts  of  success  overwhelm  us. 

3.  The  Appeal  to  the  Heroic. — How  the  self-forget¬ 
ful  sacrifice  of  R.  Ray  Eldred  and  wife  in  Africa,  and  of 
James  Ware  and  Mrs.  Ethel  Garrett  in  China  shames  our 
penuriousness !  The  last  word  Mr.  Eldred  said  to  the  little 
church  at  Longa  before  starting  on  his  long  trip  was,  “Count 
no  cost  too  high  for  Africa.”  He  sleeps  beneath  the  jungle 
trees  of  the  equator,  but  his  dauntless  spirit  challenges  us 
to  be  men  on  March  7.  Is  service  to  be  cheaper  than  money? 

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Are  we  to  hold  our  coin  more  precious  than  he  did  his  life? 
It  is  a  deaf  ear,  indeed,  that  cannot  hear  the  call  of  distant 
Tibet  as  it  is  voiced  in  the  sacrifice  of  Dr.  Susie  Rijnhart  and 
Dr.  Z.  S.  Loftus.  The  graves  of  G.  L.  Wharton  in  India  and 
Charles  E.  Garst  in  Japan  send  their  white  challenge  to  the 
souls  of  men  in  this  soft  age.  All  that  is  dear  and  sacrificial 
in  our  past  missionary  history  demands  that  we  shall  be 
honest  with  God  and  with  ourselves  on  the  first  Sunday  in 
March. 

4.  The  Constraining  Love  of  Christ. — This  motive 
overtops  all  others.  Here  is  the  supreme  test.  If  we  do 
not  respond  to  the  love  of  our  Lord,  then  our  souls  are 
dead  indeed.  Let  us  not  hide  from  the  truth,  but  face  it. 
If  our  people  are  not  constrained  by  the  love  of  Christ  to 
carry  out  his  program,  we  have  forfeited  our  right  to  exist 
and  have  sunk  to  a  low  tide  in  our  Christianity.  Would  we 
know  the  secret  of  worthy  missionary  giving?  Let  us  open 
our  souls  to  the  constrained  love  of  the  Nazarene.  As  we 
see  His  marred  face,  his  wounded  body,  and  his  broken  heart, 
all  suffered  in  our  behalf,  will  we  dare  place  in  his  wounded 
hands  an  unworthy  gift  for  the  work  which  cost  him  his  life  ? 

5.  The  Missionaries  Depend  Upon  Us. — Our  brethren 
on  the  mission  fields  are  prayerfully  and  anxiously  look¬ 
ing  to  our  churches  March  7.  Their  larger  plans  for  a 
forward  movement  depend  upon  what  we  do.  Their  hearts 
are  burdened  with  program.s  for  enlargement.  Forward 
is  their  slogan!  They  are  hampered. on  every  hand  for  lack 
of  funds.  Their  hearts  are  on  fire  to  plant  more  churches, 
to  organize  more  Sunday-schools,  to  support  more  or¬ 
phans,  to  enlarge  and  equip  their  hospitals,  and  to  plan 
more  day  schools.  They  long  to  go  into  places  where  the 
gospel  has  never  been  preached.  They  long  to  plant  the 
banner  of  the  cross  on  virgin  soil.  They  would  not  be 
worthy  of  their  high  calling  if  they  did  not  have  the  vision 
of  great  conquest.  The  call  for  advance  everywhere  is  most 
imperative.  The  missionaries  beg  for  more  helpers.  They 
stagger  under  the  weight  they  are  carrying.  They  can  be 
relieved  by  an  increased  force.  Our  promises  as  churches 
are  at  stake.  We  must  not  forfeit  the  confidence  of  the  mis¬ 
sionary.  Failure  at  home  will  court  failure  on  the  fields. 
Every  indifferent  church,  every  forgetful  member,  every 
neglectful  preacher  helps  to  discourage  the  brave  missionary 
at  the  forefront  of  the  contest  with  heathenism. 

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FORWARD ! 


“Any  way  so  that  it  is  forward,”  said  Livingstone.  This 
should  be  a  slogan  for  our  churches  now.  Forward! 
This  is  our  Lord’s  command.  On  from  Jerusalem  to  the 
ends  of  the  earth.  This  was  his  program  for  the  ages.  He 
never  thought  of  his  church  contenting  itself  with  quietness 
and  luxury  and  ease  and  selfishness. 

The  call  to  advance  with  him  is  now  most  imperative. 
All  doors  are  open.  The  whole  field  is  known  as  never  be¬ 
fore.  The  languages  of  the  earth  are  mastered.  There  are 
no  more  far-away  places.  All  the  world  is  one  neighborhood. 
All  mankind  is  now  a  community.  Electricity  has  eliminated 
distance  and  time.  A  whisper  in  Washington  is  heard  in 
Peking  and  Tokyo  and  Bombay.  The  paper  published  in 
Boston  is  read  around  the  earth. 

All  peoples  are  coming  to  be  one  people.  A  congress  of 
the  world  and  a  court  of  nations  are  at  hand.  There  is  more 
and  more  a  world-consciousness.  Every  part  of  the  world 
recognizes  every  other  part.  Never  before  a  time  like  this. 
It  is  a  day  for  big  men,  for  large  thinking,  for  an  expanded 
program.  Religious  toleration  is  well-nigh  universal.  False 
religions  are  perishing.  They  wither  in  the  light  of  the 
cross  and  in  the  atmosphere  of  the  modern  world.  Pagan 
faiths  are  passing.  All  the  world  is  stirred  with  new  life. 
Jesus  came  to  give  life.  Heathen  nations  are  awakening 
from  the  slumber  of  ages.  China  is  emerging  from  age-long 
darkness  into  light.  India  begs  for  knowledge  and  guidance. 
Africa  is  a  land  of  opportunity.  Her  big,  black  hand 
stretches  out  for  mere  crumbs  that  fall  from  the  tables  of 
Christian  nations.  The  world  is  more  open  to  the  gospel 
than  to  business  or  modern  inventions.  Men  everywhere  are 
incurably  religious,  and  ask  for  the  bread  of  life  rather  than 
food  for  the  body. 

The  present  world  situation  is  a  challenge  to  every  dis¬ 
ciple.  He  dare  not  draw  back.  To  stand  still  is  disloyal. 

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To  hesitate  is  treason.  Forward  is  the  emphatic  word. 
Forward  with  Christ,  our  glorious  Leader!  Let  this  be 
our  slogan  in  these  March  Offering  days.  Send  the  word 
down  the  whole  line.  Forward  with  the  old  gospel. 
That  gospel  is  the  same  forever.  It  is  the  power  of  God  unto 
salvation  in  all  ages,  in  all  climes.  It  meets  the  cravings 
of  the  heart.  It  is  designed  for  every  man,  everywhere. 
Forward  by  way  of  the  upper  room.  Forward  upon  our 
knees.  Nothing  can  equip  us  but  prayer. 

Forward  together!  All  with  one  accord.  Every  member 
on  the  firing  line.  Encourage  the  men  in  the  forefront  of 
the  battle.  Hold  up  their  hands.  Bring  up  the  reserves ! 
Bring  them  out  of  the  barracks  to  the  battle!  The  whole 
army  must  fight  as  one  man.  To  meet  the  crisis  of  the  hour 
let  no  man  run  away. 

Forward  in  hope.  The  men  who  win  are  the  men  who 
stand  on  the  heights  with  their  faces  toward  the  morning.  ' 
Pessimism  is  unchristian.  Never  such  an  optimist  as  Jesus. 
When  the  world  was  all  dark  he  saw  Satan  fall  like  lightning 
from  heaven. 

Forward  with  our  missionaries.  We  must  not  leave 
them  alone.  Two  went  down  to  death  last  year.  They 
need  every  word  of  cheer  we  can  give  them.  If  we  fail  in 
the  March  Offering  we  break  faith  with  the  soldiers  at  the 
front.  We  must  share  their  burdens.  They  stagger  under 
the  weight  they  carry.  Every  ounce  we  lift  will  help  them 
so  much.  Forward,  heart  to  heart,  shoulder  to  shoulder, 
hand  to  hand.  Forward,  the  whole  company — the  mission¬ 
aries,  the  preachers,  the  churches,  the  business  men. 

Let  Forward  be  the  slogan  March  seventh! 


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STUDENTS  IN  THE  MARGARET  K.  LONG  GIRLS’  SCHOOL, 

TOKYO,  JAPAN. 


This  is  the  High  School  class  graduated  from  this  great  institution 
for  the  year  1914.  Beginning  at  the  right  is  Miss  June  Kawai.  She 
is  the  daughter  of  one  of  our  early  Christians  in  Japan.  The  next  is 
Miss  Sakao  Nikaido,  who  is  the  daughter  of  one  of  our  Japanese  pas¬ 
tors.  And  the  next  is  Miss  Momoyo  Takahashi,  who  was  for  some 
time  a  day  pupil.  And  the  fourth  is  Miss  Sumi  Miyazaki,  who  is  the 
daughter  of  one  of  our  former  pastors  in  Japan.  We  are  all  naturally 
very  proud  of  this  splendid  group  ready  for  Christian  service.  It  is 
the  opinion  of  a  large  number  that  these  young  women  are  worth 
converting  and  worth  educating.  And  the  missionaries  in  Japan  feel 
that  they  will  be  very  useful  in  spreading  abroad  a  knowledge  of  the 
Word  of  the  Lord. 


PART  II 


ABOUT  GIVING 

THE  PRIVILEGE  OF  GIVING 

Human  selfishness  defeats  its  own  ends.  He  who  refuses 
to  give  himself  for  others,  who  closes  the  petals  of  his  charity 
and  withholds  the  fragrance  of  his  sympathy  and  love,  finds 
that  he  loses  the  very  thing  he  tries  to  keep.  The  springs 
of  his  manhood  dry  up.  His  finer  nature  becomes  atrophied. 
He  grows  deaf  to  the  cries  of  help  from  his  fellow  men. 
Tears  that  never  are  shed  for  others’  woes  sour  to  stinging 
acids  in  his  own  heart. 

Refuse  to  open  your  purse,  and  soon  you  cannot  open 
your  sympathy.  Refuse  to  give,  and  soon  you  will  cease  to 
enjoy  that  which  you  have.  Refuse  to  love,  and  you  lose  the 
power  to  love  and  be  loved.  Withhold  your  affections,  and 
you  become  a  moral  paralytic.  But  the  moment  you  open 
wider  the  door  of  your  life  and,  like  the  rose,  send  out  with¬ 
out  stint  your  fragrance  and  beauty,  you  let  the  sunshine  of 
life  into  your  own  soul. — Arthur  Fischer. 

HE  IS  DEAD 

“He  is  dead  whose  hand  is  not  opened  wide. 

To  help  the  need  of  a  human  brother ; 

He  doubles  the  length  of  his  life-long  ride 
Who  of  his  fortune  gives  to  another; 

And  a  thousand  million  lives  are  his 
Who  carries  the  world  in  his  sympathies. 

To  deny 
Is  to  die.” 

WHAT  WILL  YOU  DO? 

There  are  souls  in  China,  Japan,  and  Africa  who  need  Jesus  Christ 
as  much  as  you  do,  and  they  can  never  be  happy  here  or  hereafter 
without  him.  What  can  you  do  to  help  them  to  know  your  Christ? 
The  church  asks  every  member  to  give  as  God  has  prospered  him ;  to 
give  systematically  at  least  once  a  week.  We  ought  not  to  give  less 
than  the  tenth  of  our  income.  Just  now  there  are  special  opportunities 
to  send  men  and  women  who  are  willing*  to  give  up  country  and  home 
and  friends  for  Christ’s  sake,  to  meet  the  emergencies  in  Japan,  China, 
and  Africa.  Are  you  willing  to  make  a  sacrifice  and  send  them? 

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SERMON  OUTLINE 

ABOUT  GIVING 

Text:  I  Cor.  4:  2. 

1 .  U nostentatious. 

Matt.  6:3,  4.  ‘‘When  thou  doest  alms,  let  not  thy 
left  hand  know  what  thy  right  hand  doeth :  that  thine 
alms  may  be  in  secret:  and  thy  Father  who  seest  in 
secret  shall  recompense  thee.’’ 

2.  Cheerful. 

2  Cor.  9:7.  “God  loveth  a  cheerful  [a  hilarious] 
giver.” 

3.  Liberal. 

Luke  6:  38.  “Give,  and  it  shall  be  given  unto  you; 
good  measure,  pressed  down,  shaken  together,  run¬ 
ning  over^  shall  they  give  unto  your  bosom.  For  with 
what  measure  ye  mete  it  shall  be  measured  to  you 
again.” 

4.  Sacrificial. 

2  Sam.  24 :  24.  “Neither  will  I  offer  burnt-offerings 
unto  Jehovah  my  God  which  cost  me  nothing.” 

5.  Systematic  and  proportionate. 

I  Cor.  16:  2.  “Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week  let  each 
one  of  you  lay  by  him  in  store,  as  he  may  prosper.” 
Deut.  16:  17.  “Every  man  shall  give  as  he  is  able, 
according  to  the  blessing  of  Jehovah  thy  God  which 
he  hath  given  thee.” 

While  no  hard  and  fast  proportion  is  fixed  under  the 
New  Covenant,  certainly  the  obligation  cannot  possibly  be 
less  under  the  gospel  than  under  the  law. 


Preach  a  sermon  upon  the  highest  motives  in  giving.  It 
is  a  great  theme. 


The  love  of  money  is  as  old  as  the  race.  The  scramble 
for  money  has  always  been  widespread  and  furious. 


Juvenal  said:  “No  temples  have  been  erected  to  the  god¬ 
dess  of  money,  but  her  majesty  is  the  most  sacred  of  all.” 

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A  MEETING  OF  THE  COINS 


An  allegory  has  been  published  telling  of  a  “special  meet¬ 
ing  of  coins”  held  in  the  collection  plate.  The  pennies  at¬ 
tended  in  large  numbers,  the  nickels  were  well  represented. 
The  chairman,  a  nickel  coin,  was  understood  to  have  at¬ 
tended  collection-plate  meetings  in  every  part  of  the  coun¬ 
try.  Several  dimes,  even  quarters,  stated  that  although  they 
had  been  in  the  habit  of  fattening  collection  meetings  with 
fair  regularity,  they  had  lately  been  so  much  employed  at 
the  cinematograph  shows  on  Sundays  that  they,  too,  found 
it  increasingly  difficult  to  be  at  the  collection.  One  five- 
dollar  bill  wrote  that  he  was  so  incessantly  required  at  the 
golf  club  that  he  had  retired  from  collection-plate  duties,  but 
hoped  occasionally  to  send  one  of  his  half-brethren  in  his 
place.  A  telegram  was  received  from  A.  Cheque,  Esq.: 
“Fully  prepared  to  come,  but  detained  to  settle  a  motor  car 
transaction.”  A  three-cent  piece,  who  had  been  sitting  un¬ 
noticed  between  two  nickels,  said  he  had  been  brought  to  the 
meeting  by  a  poor  widow  who,  though  she  could  hardly 
spare  his  services,  gladly  gave  him  up  out  of  love. 


THE  SCRIPTURAL  RULE  OF  CHURCH  FINANCE 

(i  COR.  i6 :  2) 

WHY  Everyone? 

MORE  GIVING.  GIVE  MORE 

FURTHER  IMPRESSION  IMPOSSIBLE  WITHOUT  EXPRESSION. 
EVERY  ONE  NEEDS  THE  GRACE  WHICH  GIVING  GIVES. 

WHY  Every  Week? 

GOOD  BUSINESS:  GIVING  MORE  FREQUENTLY. 

GIVE  MORE  STILL. 

GOOD  RELIGION:  GIVING  IS  AN  ORDAINED 

PART  OF  WORSHIP. 

WHY  A  PART  OF  Everything? 

EXPRESSES  GRATITUDE  FOR  GOD’S  BOUNTY. 

PARTNERSHIP  IN  WORLD’S  REDEMPTION. 

MEETS  REQUIREMENT  OF  CONSTANTLY  RECURRING 
RECOGNITION  OF  GOD’S  OWNERSHIP  OF  ALL. 

SECURES  HIS  PROMISE,  “HONOR  WITH  FIRST- 
FRUITS— SO.”  (PROV.  3:9) 

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The  Every  Member  Canvass.  “Millions  in  it.” 

HOW  IT  IS  DONE 

First  of  all  and  always  a  Mis¬ 
sionary  Committee.  This  Commit¬ 
tee,  which  should  never  be  fewer 
than  three  in  number,  should  be 
carefully  selected  with  reference  to  their  enthusiasm  for  mis¬ 
sions  and  their  fitness  for  leadership,  and,  together  with  the 
pastor,  should  have  general  charge  of  the  campaign. 

The  Canvassing  Committee 
should  be  selected  by  the  Mission¬ 
ary  Committee,  but  need  not  be 
confined  to  its  membership.  In¬ 
deed,  ordinarily,  we  should  advise  that  from  ten  to  fifteen 
per  cent  of  the  congregation  be  utilized  in  making  the  can¬ 
vass.  Great  care  should  be  taken  in  the  selection  of  the 
members  of  this  Committee,  and  when  the  Canvassing  Com¬ 
mittee  has  been  selected  we  strongly  recommend  that  on 
public  announcement  of  their  names  they  should  be  called 
forward  and  presented  to  the  congregation,  while  the  pastor 
offers  a  prayer  of  consecration  by  which  they  shall  be  set 
apart  to  their  work. 


THE  CANVASSING 
COMMITTEE 


MISSIONARY 

COMMITTEE 


There  is  no  greater  work  than 
the  evangelization  of  the  world. 
The  biggest  commercial  and  indus¬ 
trial  enterprises  should  not  be  given 
precedence  over  this  still  larger  undertaking. 

The  late  Justice  Brewer,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States,  worked  enthusiastically  in  the  personal  can¬ 
vass  of  his  own  church. 

The  members  of  the  Every- 
Member  Canvass  Committee  should 
meet  as  soon  as  possible  after  their 
appointment  for  preliminary  organ¬ 
ization.  There  should  be  at  least  one  meeting  a  week  for 
prayer  and  conference  during  the  campaign. 

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ORGANIZE  AT 
ONCE 


BEST  MEN 
REQUIRED 


Subscription  cards  and  duplex 
envelopes  should  be  ordered  at  once, 
so  that  there  may  be  no  delay  when 
your  canvassers  are  ready  for  work. 

Let  the  canvassers  go  two  and 
two,  and  make  the  whole  canvass 
in  one  Sunday  afternoon,  from  2 
o’clock  to  6  o’clock. 

The  membership  list  should  not 
be  divided  geographically,  but  by 
voluntary  selection.  This  method 
provides  for  the  consideration  of  all 
personal  and  business  relations  that  will  make  the  canvass  in 
the  main  congenial  to  both  the  canvasser  and  those  can¬ 
vassed. 


ASSIGN  NAMES 
JUDICIOUSLY 


A  SUNDAY 
AFTERNOON 


HAVE  SUBSCRIPTION 
CARDS  READY 


The  members  of  the  Canvassing 
Committee  should  decide  upon  the 
amounts  they  will  give  per  week  to 
missions  before  beginning  the  can¬ 
vass.  When  conviction  has  found  definite  expression  in  the 
life  of  the  canvasser,  his  appeal  will  have  greater  weight  with 
the  one  canvassed. 


MAKE  PLEDGES 
FIRST 


The  Canvassing  Committee 
should  go  out  in  pairs.  This  is  the 
apostolic  method,  and  has  worked 
so  well  that  we  strongly  recommend 
it.  It  will  be  well  for  an  experienced  man  to  take  with  him 
one  of  the  younger  members.  This  has  a  large  educational 
value. 


GO  TWO  BY  TWO 


The  following  are  among  the 
points  that  may  well  be  remembered 
by  the  canvasser  in  connection  with 
each  visit: 

(a)  Equip  yourself  with  subscription  cards  and,  if  pos¬ 
sible,  with  the  sample  cf  the  Duplex  Envelope. 

(b)  Pray  for  the  one  you  are  to  canvass  prior  to  the  inter¬ 
view  that  he  or  she  may  be  led  to  a  full  surrender  to  Christ 
and  to  his  plan  for  the  world. 

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POINTS  FOR  EACH 
INTERVIEW 


(c)  Realize  that  the  money  offering  which  is  needed  can 
only  come  as  an  expression  of  interest  on  the  part  of  the  indi¬ 
vidual  whom  you  are  seeking  to  enlist.  Seek,  therefore,  to 
enlist  his  interest  as  well  as  to  secure  his  subscription. 

(d)  Avoid  arguments  so  far  as  possible.  Be  ready  to 
give  information. 

(e)  Distinguish  between  sincere  and  insincere  objections, 
and  handle  them  accordingly. 

(f)  Do  not  agree  to  a  postponement  without  a  definite 
agreement  as  to  when  you  will  return  with  the  cards.  Do 
not  leave  the  cards  or  accept  a  promise  that  they  will  be  filled 
and  returned  to  you  by  mail.  If  you  were  selling  a  house  you 
would  not  leave  the  contract  and  permit  the  buyer  to  fill  in 
the  price  as  he  pleased.  Always  be  present  when  this  trans¬ 
action  is  done. 

(g)  Note  on  the  blank  pages  at  the  rear  the  name  of  the 
objector,  with  any  reason  which  may  be  given  for  not  con¬ 
tributing.  The  objection  may  be  met  subsequently  with  suit¬ 
able  missionary  pamphlets  and  by  other  methods  carefully 
planned  to  this  end. 


The  experience  of  the  pastor 
should  be  utilized.  Through  long 
experience  he  has  doubtless  located 
most  of  the  difficulties  and  objec¬ 
tions  that  are  urged  by  people  who  do  not  contribute,  or  who 
contribute  inadequately  to  the  missionary  cause.  He  can 
render  important  service  in  coaching  the  canvassers. 

It  is  not  necessary  nor  always 
advantageous  to  begin  the  canvass 
with  the  largest  subscribers.  One 
of  the  most  successful  and  deeply 
spiritual  money-raisers  in  America  began  a  successful  can¬ 
vass  for  the  missionary  offering  by  going  to  the  poorest 
member  of  his  church,  a  woman  who  was  in  part  dependent 
upon  charity.  By  a  distinct  personal  sacrifice  she  was  able 
to  save  and  contribute  five  cents  per  week,  and  had  great  joy 
in  making  this  weekly  contribution. 

There  is  no  sufficient  reason 
why  friends  to  the  church  may  not 
properly  be  solicited  for  the  work 
of  world  redemption.  Give  them  a 
share  in  this  glorious  enterprise.  Allow  the  children  also  to 
contribute.  19 


FRIENDS  AND 
CHILDREN 


URGE  SUBSCRIPTIONS 
NOT  ALWAYS 
MOST  IMPORTANT 


UTILIZE  PASTURES 
EXPERIENCE 


Aim  to  have  the  whole  canvass 
completed  during  one  Sunday  after¬ 
noon. 

The  Committee  may  canvass  for 
both  missions  and  current  expenses  if  the  church  so  decides, 
and  thus  hiake  the  one  canvass  for  the  year  do.  If  the  local 
expenses,  however,  are  being  met,  then  the  canvass  should 
be  for  missions  only. 

Let  a  report  of  results  be  made 
to  the  whole  church  at  the  evening 
service  following  the  canvass.  The 
whole  evening  should  be  given  to  it. 

If  there  are  some  who,  on  ac¬ 
count  of  illness  or  absence  from  the 
community,  cannot  be  seen,  arrange 
to  secure  their  pledges  through  cor¬ 
respondence.  Let  your  ideal  be  EVERY  MEMBER  A  SUB¬ 
SCRIBER  TO  THE  GREATEST  ENTERPRISE  IN 
THE  WORLD ! 

A  pastor  says :  ‘Tt  is  my  candid 
opinion  that  the  Every-Member 
Canvass  is  one  of  the  biggest  move¬ 
ments  that  has  ever  struck  the  church  life  of  our  city.” 

‘Tt  stimulates  the  spiritual  life  of  the  men.” 

‘  ‘Tt  has  given  to  the  canvassers  a  vision  of  the  greatness 
of  the  task  which  Christ  has  committed  to  his  church.” 

One  church  reports  an  increase  of  400  per  cent  in  their 
missionary  pledges. 

J.  H.  Goldner,  pastor  Euclid  Avenue,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
whose  church  made  the  every-member  canvass  and  increased 
the  income  twenty-eight  per  cent,  says:  ‘‘Each  week  a  fixed 
percentage  of  the  money  paid  into  the  church  treasury  is 
transferred  to  the  missionary  treasurer  and  sacredly  used 
for  its  intended  objects.  We  would  no. more  think  of  using 
this  money  for  local  expenses  than  we  would  think  of  em¬ 
bezzling.  Each  month  the  C.  W.  B.  M.,  A.  C.  M.  S.,  F.  C. 
M.  S.,  and  O.  C.  M.  S.  receive  their  checks  as  regularly  as* 
the  minister  or  the  janitor  receives  his. 


WHAT  THEY  SAY 


CANVASS  ABSENT 
MEMBERS 


REPORT  TO  THE 
CHURCH 


HAVE  DEFINITE 
TIME  LIMIT 


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THE  EVERY-MEMBER  CANVASS 

An  Every-Member  Canvass  properly  conducted  results 
in  increasing  both  the  number  of  givers  and  the  amounts 
given.  Thus  in  one  church  of  1,400  members  the  number  of 
givers  was  increased  from  188  to  889.  In  the  Pomona  church 
the  number  of  givers  was  increased  from  176  to  425.  In  the 
Norwood  church  an  Every-Member  Canvass  resulted  in  an 
increase  of  100%  in  the  number  of  givers  for  missions,  an 
increase  of  50%  in  the  amount  pledged,  and  at  the  same  time 
an  increase  of  75%  for  current  expense.  An  Every-Member 
Canvass  was  made  in  twenty-two  Methodist  Episcopal 
churches  in  Buffalo,  with  the  result  that  their  offerings  were 
increased  127%.  In  1908  the  Baptist  churches  in  Toronto 
in  an  Every-Member  Canvass  increased  their  gifts  from 
$23,000  to  $55,000.  Three  years  later  another  canvass  was 
made  and  the  offerings  were  increased  to  $82,147,  which  was 
an  average  of  $9.20  per  member.  In  the  Every-Member 
Canvass  in  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  75%  of  the 
churches  were  enlisted  and  the  offerings  for  Hpme  Missions 
increased  50%,  for  Foreign  Missions  40%. 


^  SPraper 

^Imisttp  <^ob,  grant,  Inc  ijcscctt)  tIDtjee, 
tfjat  ^orb  map  be  prcacfjcb  in  tbc  cartb, 
until  all  nations;  sifjall  fenoto  tbc  glorious!  trutb 
of  tbe  one  libing  anb  true  #ob ;  anb  are  ealleb 
bp  ®bP  unbping  lobe  baefe  to  tSTbpbelf.  until  at 
last  tbe  toibe,  toibe  toorlb  shall  bnoto  the 
Jfatber— <@ob,  anb  there  shall  be  one  flock, 
one  ^hephtrb,  one  #ob  anb  Jfather  of  all. 
^men. 


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MISSIONARY  GIFTS 
INCREASING 

1.  IN  CANADA 

Home  and  Foreign  Missions 
1909  $1,492,000 

1912  2,500,181 

2.  THE  UNITED  STATES 

Foreign  Missions 


1907 

$8,449,693 

1908 

8,916,589 

1909 

10,086,216 

1910 

10,497,798 

1911 

11,030,715 

1912 

14,942,523 

1913 

16,230,000 

God  Wills: 

That  Every  Creature 

Be  Given  the  Gospel. 

That  Every  Christian 

Help  to  Give  the  Gospel 
to  Every  Creature. 

That  Every  Church 

Be  Made  Up  of  Chris¬ 
tians  Who  Will  Help  to 
Give  the  Gospel  to  Every 
Creature. 


Paul’s  Plan  of  Church  Finance 

Periodic 

Upon  the  first  day  of  the 
week 

WORSHIPFUL 

HABITUAL 

PRAYERFUL 

CHEERFUL 

This  graphic  plan 

of  finance  is  recom¬ 
mended  by  the  Lay¬ 
men’s  Missionary 

Movement  for  adop- 

Personal 

Let  each  one  of  you 

EACH  MAN 

EACH  WOMAN 

EACH  BOY 

EACH  GIRL 

NO  PROXIES 

NO  MERGING 

Provident 

Lay  by  him  in  store 

FOREHANDED 

DELIBERATE 

THOUGHTFUL 

INTELLIGENT 

tion  in  every  local 

church.  This  plan 

works  if  you  work  it. 

It  will  solve  every 

financial  difficulty. 

Proportionate 

As  he  may  prosper 

GENEROUS 

CAREFUL 

RESPONSIBLE 

FAITHFUL 

Preventive 

That  no  collection  be 
made  when  1  come 

NO  DEFICIT 

NO  INTEREST  ON 
LOANS 

NO  WORRY 

NO  RETRENCH. 

MENT 

The  above  is  a  fine  sermon  outline.  Try  it. 


®Ife  ©bspruiationa  ** 
N*  s*  nf  llittb  larak. 


The  New  Testament  has 
much  to  say  about  money, 
for  Christianity  is  a  religion 
that  deals  with  man  where  he 
lives. 


John  Ruskin  said:  “After 
hearing  2,000  sermons,  I  have 
not  heard  a  single  one  in 
which  the  clear  issue  between 
God  and  mammon  was  pre¬ 
sented  to  his  hearers  by  the 
preacher.’’ 


Give  is  a  great  word. 
Christ  gave  it  a  new  and  a 
fuller  meaning.  Our  Lord 
sanctified  it. 


THE  EVERY-MEMBER  CANVASS 


INCLUDES  LOCAL  EXPENSES 
AND  BENEVOLENCES 
COMMENCES  ON  A  SUNDAY 
COMPLETED  WITHIN  A  WEEK 
REPORTED  THE  NEXT  SUNDAY 
THOROUGHLY  PREPARED  FOR: 

(A)  The  People  INFORMED 

FROM  THE  PULPIT 
IN  SERVICES  AND  SOCIETIES 
BY  LITERATURE  DISTRIBUTED 
LETTER  EXPLAINING  PLAN 

(B)  Supplies  PROVIDED: 
CARD  INDEX  IN  DUPLICATE 
LITERATURE  AND  LETTER 
SUBSCRIPTION  FORM 
SAMPLE  OF  ENVELOPE 


(C)  Canvassers  coached 

BOTH  MEN  AND  WOMEN 
SELECTED  BY  JOINT  COMMITTE] 
OBJECTIVES  OF  THE  CANVASS 

(A)  EXPRESS  CHURCH’S 
INTEREST 

(B)  INFORM  OF  WORLD-WIDE 
WORK 

(C)  ANSWER  OBJECTIONS 

(D)  ENLIST  IN  SERVICE 

(E)  SECURE  SUBSCRIPTIONS 

SET  APART  BY  PUBLIC  PRAYER 
GOING  TWO  AND  TWO 
SUNDAY  AFTERNOON 
TO  ALL  WITHOUT  DISTINCTION 


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HOW  THE  MONEY  CAME  TO  THE  FOREIGN 

SOCIETY  DURING  1913-14 

This  diagram  explains  why  the  work  does  not  go 
forward  faster.  The  receipts  are  irregular  month  by 
month.  The  Society  is  compelled  to  borrow  money 
from  October  to  March.  Many  do  not  send  their  gifts 
until  September.  Look  at  the  diagram!  There  should 
be  a  steady  stream  from  October  to  September.  Let  us 
try  this  year  to  level  up  the  diagram  somewhat.  Please 
do  not  put  your  offering  off  until  the  last  month.  The 
every-member  canvass  and  monthly  remittances  will 
help.  If  you  have  adopted  the  “Budget  Plan,”  please 
forward  every  month. 


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TWO  THINGS  THAT  SHOULD  NOT  BE  MIXED 

Quite  often  a  pastor  or  church  officer  writes  in  that  the 
missionary  funds  have  been  borrowed  to  help  out  on  current 
expenses,  and  the  money  not  having  been  returned,  there  is 
no  missionary  offering  to  send  in.  One  can  hardly  imagine 
a  more  disappointing  or  dangerous  missionary  situation  than 
the  above.  What  right  has  any  church  Board  or  treasurer 
to  take  the  money  sacredly  intended  by  the  giver  for  missions 
and  use  it  for  any  other  purpose?  It  not  only  robs  the  mis¬ 
sionary  cause,  but  it  robs  the  giver  of  his  own  freedom  in 
giving  to  a  certain  cause.  Besides,  it  takes  no  stretch  of  the 
imagination  to  prophesy  what  will  happen  to  the  missionary 
interest  of  such  a  church  when  the  missionary  givers  dis¬ 
cover  their  gifts  have  not  been  sacredly  applied  to  the  pur¬ 
pose  intended.  The  sad  procedure  portrayed  in  the  picture 
is  more  apt  to  occur  in  the  church  that  employs  weekly  giv¬ 
ing  for  missions  or  the  budget  plan  than  anywhere  else.  The 
remedy  is  a  separate  missionary  treasurer  to  look  as  carefully 
after  the  missionary  funds  as  the  regular  church  treasurer 
looks  after  the  local  funds,  and  a  monthly  or  quarterly  remit¬ 
tance  to  the  Missionary  Society. 

THE  STORY  OF  A  NICKEL 

Yesterday  he  wore  a  rose  on  the  lapel  of  his  coat,  but. 
when  the  plate  was  passed  to-day  he  gave  a  nickel  to  the 
Lord.  He  had  several  bills  in  his  pocket  and  sundry  change, 
perhaps  a  dollar's  worth,  but  he  hunted  about  and,  finding 
the  poor  little  nickel,  laid  it  on  the  plate  to  aid  the  churchy 
militant  in  its  fight  against  the  world,  the  flesh  and  devil. 
His  silk  hat  was  beneath  the  seat,  and  his  gloves  and  cane 
were  beside  it,  and  the  nickel  was  on  the  plate — a  whole 
nickel ! 


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On  Saturday  afternoon  he  met  a  friend,  and  together  they 
had  some  refreshments.  The  cash  register  stamped  thirty- 
five  cents  on  the  slip  the  boy  presented  to  him.  Peeling  off 
a  bill,  he  handed  it  to  the  lad,  and  gave  him  a  nickel  tip  when 
he  brought  the  change.  A  nickel  for  the  Lord  and  a  nickel 
for  the  waiter! 

And  the  man  had  his  shoes  polished  on  Saturday  after¬ 
noon  and  handed  out  a  dime  without  a  murmur.  He  had  a 
shave  and  paid  fifteen  cents  with  equal  alacrity.  He  took  a 
box  of  candies  home  to  his  wife,  and  paid  forty  cents  for 
them,  and  the  box  was  tied  with  a  dainty  bit  of  ribbon.  Yes, 
and  he  also  gave  a  nickel  to  the  Lord. 

Who  is  this  Lord? 

Who  is  he  ?  Why,  the  man  worships  him  as  the  Creator 
of  the  universe,  the  One  who  put  the  stars  in  order,  and  by 
whose  immutable  decree  the  heavens  stand.  Yes,  he  does, 
and  he  dropped  a  nickel  to  support  the  church  militant. 

And  what  is  the  church  militant? 

The  church  militant  is  the  church  that  represents  upon 
the  earth  the  triumphant  church  of  the  great  God. 

And  the  man  knew  that  he  was  but  an  atom  in  space,  and 
he  knew  that  the  Almighty  was  without  limitations,  and, 
knowing  this,  he  put  his  hand  in  his  pocket  and  picked  out 
the  nickel  and  gave  it  to  the  Lord. 

And  the  Lord,  being  gracious  and  slow  to  anger,  and 
knowing  our  frame,  did  not  slay  the  man  for  the  meanness 
of  his  offering,  but  gives  him  this  day  his  daily  bread. 

But  the  nickel  was  ashamed,  if  the  man  was  not. 

The  nickel  hid  beneath  a  quarter  that  was  given  by  a  poor 
woman  who  washes  for  a  living. 


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PART  III 


This  article  has  been  condensed  from  “  Tourist  Directory  of  Christian  Work.” 

THE  MISSIONARY  ENTERPRISE 

CRITICISED 

There  are  at  least  four  classes  of  critics,  as  follows: 

1.  Those  friendly  to  the  work  and  see  defects  or  think 
they  do.  Some  of  these  criticisms  are  undoubtedly  just  and 
should  be  heeded.  Others  are  based  on  misapprehensions 
and  should  call  forth  temperate  and  full  explanations. 

2.  Criticism  by  those  who  are  ignorant  of  the  aims  and 
motives  and  objects  of  the  work.  This  is  a  large  class. 
Many  of  these  never  saw  mission  work,  never  saw  a  mis¬ 
sionary,  and  never  read  a  missionary  book. 

3.  Critics  who  oppose  the  essential  character  of  mission¬ 
ary  work.  Some  of  these  oppose  Christianity  in  the  home¬ 
land.  They  will  never  be  silenced.  They  are  inaccessible  to 
the  Christian  argument.  Their  criticisms  have  been  demol¬ 
ished  over  and  over  again. 

4.  Some  criticisms  come  from  conflicting  interests. 
Those  who  sell  rum  in  Africa  or  opium  in  China,  or  traffic 
in  the  purity  of  native  girls,  of  course,  object  to  missions. 
Almost  every  port  city  in  non-Christian  lands  has  dens  of 
vice  kept  up  by  those  who  pander  to  the  lowest  passions. 
Men  of  this  kind  are,  of  course,  virulent  haters  of  mission¬ 
aries. 

Charles  Darwin  asserted  that  the  foreign  travelers  and 
residents  in  the  South  Sea  Islands  who  write  with  such  hos¬ 
tility  there  are  men  who  find  the  missionaries  an  obstacle  to 
the  accomplishment  of  their  evil  purposes.  There  are  also 
native  priests  like  the  silversmiths  of  Ephesus,  who  find 
their  craft  in  danger  and  circulate  falsehoods  regarding  mis¬ 
sionaries  as  plotters,  etc.  It  is  not  uncommon  in  Chinese 
cities  for  placards  to  be  conspicuously  posted  charging  mis¬ 
sionaries  with  boiling  and  eating  Chinese  babies. 

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SOME  CURRENT  CRITICISMS 


1.  “Missionaries  are  inferior  men.”  The  man  who 
makes  this  objection  simply  knows  that  he  does  not  know 
the  missionaries,  but  that  he  is  generalizing  from  some  ex¬ 
ceptional  individual.  There  are  undoubtedly  missionaries 
who  say  and  do  foolish  things,  just  as  some  of  us  at  home  do, 
and  once  in  a  while  prove  to  be  incompetent.  Ninety-four 
per  cent  of  the  business  men  of  the  United  States  are  said  to 
fail  at  some  time  in  their  lives.  Why,  then,  should  a  few  mis¬ 
sionary  failures  be  deemed  an  adequate  ground  for  condemn¬ 
ing  the  whole  class?  Travelers  and  officials  like  Charles 
Darwin,  Lord  Lawrence,  Sir  Robert  Hart,  Hon.  John  W. 
Foster,  Secretary  Wm.  J.  Bryan,  and  Hon.  Chas.  Denby,  and 
scores  of  others  have  borne  high  testimony  to  the  worth  of 
missionaries.  Some  of  the  strongest  men  in  our  brotherhood 
are  in  India,  and  China,  and  the  Philippines,  and  Japan,  and 
Africa. 

2.  “The  converts  are  not  genuine,  but  are  attracted 
to  the  missionary  in  the  hope  of  employment  or  sup¬ 
port.”  There  are  about  three  million  native  communicants 
connected  with  foreign  missionary  churches,  and  the  total 
number  of  native  agents  is  about  one  hundred  thou¬ 
sand,  and  many  of  them  are  paid  either  wholly  or  in 
part  by  the  native  Christians  themselves.  The  number 
who  are  aided  in  any  way  by  the  foreigner  is  relatively  sig¬ 
nificant.  The  great  body  of  native  Christians  have  no  finan¬ 
cial  motive  whatever  for  confessing  Christ.  Hon.  Charles 
Denby,  for  thirteen  years  American  Minister  at  Peking, 
China,  has  reminded  the  world  that  during  the  Boxer  upris¬ 
ing  the  “Province  of  Chih-li  furnished  6,200  Chinese  who  re¬ 
mained  true  to  their  faith  in  spite  of  their  danger,  suffering, 
and  impending  death.”  It  is  said  that  1 5,000  converts  were 
killed  during  the  riots,  and  not  as  many  as  two  per  cent  of 
them  apostatized.  In  the  face  of  these  facts  the  old  allega¬ 
tion  that  the  Chinese  converts  are  treacherous,  venal,  and 
untrue  must  be  renounced.  Let  us  not  call  them  “rice  Chris¬ 
tians”  any  more. 

3.  “Missionaries  are  universally  hated  by  the  natives 

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while  the  ordinary  foreigner  is  tolerated.”  This  is 
grossly  untrue.  The  missionaries  are  far  more  popular  with 
the  people  than  any  other  foreigners.  They  travel  freely,  un¬ 
armed  and  unprotected,  and  it  is  comparatively  seldom  that 
they  are  molested.  When  they  are  attacked,  it  is  by  a  class 
of  ruffians.  The  missionaries  in  the  vast  majority  of  cases 
are  loved  by  the  Chinese  with  whom  they  succeed  in  estab¬ 
lishing  intimate  relation,  and  they  are  almost  universally 
respected  by  all  classes  in  the  communities  in  which  they 
are  well  known. 

4.  “Missionaries  make  trouble  for  their  own  govern¬ 
ments.”  Hon.  Wm.  H.  Taft,  Ex-President,  in  an  address 
in  New  York  City,  April  20,  1908,  referred  to  this  criticism 
and  emphatically  denounced  it  as  unfounded. 

5.  “Missionaries  injure  and  denationalize  their  con¬ 
verts.”  Christianity  never  injured  nor  denationalized  any 
one.  It  simply  made  him  a  better  man,  more  honest,  more 
intelligent,  more  charitable,  and  more  loyal  to  his  own 
country.  Why  should  it  injure  an  Asiatic  to  stop  wor¬ 
shiping  demons  and  begin  worshiping  the  true  God;  to 
renounce  drunkenness,  immorality,  and  laziness,  and  be¬ 
come  a  sober,  moral,  and  industrious  citizen  ?  The  fact  is 
that  native  Christians  in  Asia  and  Africa  are  the  very  best 
element  in  the  population. 

6.  “Missionaries  preach  sectarianism  instead  of 
fundamental  Christianity.”  This  is  precisely  what  they 
do  not  do.  There  is  far  less  sectarianism  on  the  foreign 
field  than  at  home.  Denominational  lines  are  often  vir- 
tually  obliterated.  Where  they  are  made  prominent,  the 
fault  is  usually  with  the  home  church. 

7.  “There  is  much  to  be  done  in  our  own  land,  and 
charity  begins  at  home.”  A  New  York  pastor  said  that 
we  ought  to  give  less  for  Foreign  Missions  and  more  for 
the  conversion  of  “the  foreigners  within  the  shades  of  our 
churches.”  If,  however,  he  had  looked  into  the  report  of 
the  Charity  Organization  Society  of  New  York  he  would 
have  found  a  list  of  3,330  religious  and  philanthropic  agen¬ 
cies  in  his  own  city.  A  high  authority  declares  that  there 

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is  no  other  city  in  the  world  except  London  where  more  is 
being  done  to  point  the  lost  to  the  Son  of  God  than  in  New 
York. 

Saint  Louis  has  one  church  for  every  2,800  of  population; 
Chicago,  one  for  2,081;  Boston,  one  for  1,600,  and  Minne¬ 
apolis,  one  for  1,054.  the  United  States  there  are  about 
200,000  Protestant  church  buildings,  or  one  for  every  380  of 
the  non-Catholic  population;  there  is  one  Protestant  min¬ 
ister  for  every  514,  one  Christian  worker  for  75,  one  com¬ 
municant  for  4.  “For  every  missionary  the  church  sends 
abroad  she  holds  54  at  home.”  A  million  Americans  are 
engaged  in  distinctly  religious  work,  about  1 50,000  of  whom 
devote  themselves  to  it  as  a  separate  calling. 

How  is  it  abroad?  In  South  America  there  is  only  one 
ordained  missionary  for  154,000  people;  in  Africa  and  India, 
one  for  186,000;  in  China,  one  for  603,000! 

* 

The  running  expenses  of  all  the  churches  in  the  United 
States  absorbed  $158,000,000  in  1900 ;  in  New  York  City  alone 
they  were  $8,895,000.  In  general  our  home  churches  spent 
94  cents  in  America  for  every  6  cents  they  give  for  the  evan¬ 
gelization  of  the  world.  That  is,  they  give  94  cents  to  Chris¬ 
tianize  100,000,000  who  HAVE  the  gospel,  and  6  cents  to 
evangelize  800,000,000  who  HAVE  NOT  the  gospel. 

8.  “Missionaries  are  forcing  another  civilization  on 
lands  which  already  have  civilizations  of  their  own  that 
are  adapted  to  their  own  needs.”  No  other  objection  to 
Foreign  Missions  is  more  common,  and  no  other  is  more 
baseless.  The  missionary  does  not  force  his  civilization 
upon  the  natives,  nor  does  he  interfere  with  native  customs, 
except  when  they  are  morally  wrong.  A  higher  type  of  civili¬ 
zation  does  follow  the  labor  of  the  missionary,  but  this  is  an 
incidental  result,  and  not  an  object.  No  native  is  obliged  to 
become  a  Christian  against  his  will.  The  missionary  simply 
offers  and  explains  the  gospel.  Surely  a  missionary  has  as 
much  right  to  do  this  as  English  or  American  manufac¬ 
turers  have  to  offer  and  explain  their  flour,  and  cotton,  and 
machinery,  and  liquor. 

9.  “The  religions  of  other  races  are  good  enough  for 

them.”  Then  they  are  good  enough  for  us,  for  the  people 

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of  other  races  are  our  fellow  men  with  the  needs  of  our 
common  humanity.  We  have  not  heard,  however,  of  any 
critic  who  believes  that  Hinduism  and  Buddhism  are  good 
enough  for  Europeans  and  Americans. 

It  is  difficult  to  understand  how  an  American  who  in¬ 
herits  all  the  blessings  of  our  Christian  faith  can  deny  those 
blessings  to  the  rest  of  the  world.  Christianity  found  the 
white  man’s  ancestors  in  the  forests  and  swamps  of  North¬ 
ern  Europe  considerably  lower  in  the  scale  of  civilization 
than  the  Chinese  and  Japanese  of  to-day.  Jerome  wrote  that 
"‘when  a  boy  living  in  Gaul  he  beheld  the  Scots,  a  people  in 
Britain,  eating  human  flesh;  though  there  were  plenty  of 
sheep  and  cattle  at  their  disposal,  yet  they  would  prefer  a 
ham  of  the  herdsman  or  a  slice  of  the  female  breast  as  a 
luxury.  The  gospel  of  Christ  brought  us  out  of  the  pit  of 
barbarism.  Why  should  we  doubt  its  power  to  do  for  other 
races  what  it  has  done  for  ours?” 

10.  “Missionaries  are  accomplishing  very  little.” 
This  objection  might  fairly  offset  the  objection  that  mission¬ 
aries  are  making  revolutionary  changes.  Both  cannot 
be  true.  The  fact  is  that  missionary  work  *is  remark¬ 
ably  successful,  and  more  so  now  than  ever  before.  The 
Government  census  in  India  shows  that  while  the  pop¬ 
ulation  from  1891  to  1901  increased  two  and  one  half 
per  cent,  the  Protestant  church  membership  increased  fifty 
per  cent.  The  gain  in  China  in  twenty-eight  years  was  over 
one  hundred  per  cent.  In  1886  the  Korean  missionaries  re¬ 
ported  the  first  convert.  Seven  years  later  there  were  only 
about  one  hundred  in  the  whole  community.  Now  there  are 
over  300,000.  Now  the  number  of  converts  annually  is  about 
150,000.  The  whole  church  membership  in  foreign  lands 
has  doubled  in  about  thirteen  years.  Modern  missions  in 
heathen  lands  have  been  conducted  a  little  over  a  hundred 
years,  in  most  fields  far  less  than  this,  and  yet  the  number 
of  converts  is  already  greater  than  the  number  of  Christians 
in  the  Roman  empire  at  the  end  of  the  first  century.  No 
other  work  in  the  world  is  so  successful  and  no  other  yields 
such  large  returns  for  the  expenditures  made. 

Said  the  great  Canon  Farrar:  “To  sneer  at  missionaries, 
a  thing  so  cheap  and  so  easy  to  do,  has  always  been  the 
fashion  of  libertines,  cynics,  and  worldlings.  So  far  from 
having  failed,  there  is  no  work  of  God  which  has  received  so 
absolute,  so  unprecedented  a  blessing.  To  talk  of  mission¬ 
aries  as  a  failure  is  to  talk  like  an  ignorant  and  faithless 
man.”  31 


PART  IV 


MISSIONS  IN  GENERAL 

WHAT  FOREIGN  MISSIONS  HAVE  DONE 

They  have  made  the  name  of  Jesus  the  best  known  name  in  the 
world. 

They  are  preaching  the  gospel  statedly  in  over  ten  thousand  dif¬ 
ferent  places. 

They  have  planted  in  the  leading  foreign  lands  the  church  of 
Christ,  with  a  membership  of  2,644,170. 

They  have  created  a  great  system  of  Christian  schools  and  colleges, 
having  a  present  enrollment  of  over  a  million  and  a  half  pupils. 

They  have  stimulated  the  governments  of  the  leading  nations  of 
the  East  to  establish  educational  systems  of  their  own. 

They  have  changed  the  map  of  the  world. 

They  have  introduced  modern  medicine,  surgery,  and  sanitation 

into  the  darkest  quarters  of  the  globe,  by  means  of  675  hospitals  and 
963  dispensaries. 

They  have  enriched  every  known  science — biology,  philology, 
zoology,  etc. 

They  have  been  the  principal  agents  of  relief  in  famines,  and  have 
made  scientific  investigation  of  the  causes  which  lie  at  their  root. 

They  have  taught  people  habits  of  cleanliness  and  the  laws  of 
health,  thus  lessening  the  spread  of  plague  and  pestilence. 

They  have  upheld  the  idea  of  the  dignity  of  labor  among  those  who 
regard  toil  as  menial. 

They  have  established  a  multitude  of  trade  schools  in  which  devel¬ 
opment  of  Christian  character  keeps  pace  with  growth  in  manual  skill. 

They  have  taught  the  use  of  modern  tools  and  agricultural  imple¬ 
ments  and  thus  increased  the  efficiency  and  wealth  of  many  nations. 

They  have  greatly  extended  the  markets  of  America  by  creating  in 
Oriental  peoples  a  thousand  appetites  which  only  international  trade 
can  supply. 

They  have  helped  to  abolish  human  slavery,  and  shown  the  Chris¬ 
tian  way  of  caring  for  the  aged,  orphans,  blind,  deaf  mutes,  insane, 
and  lepers. 

They  have  transformed  the  commerce  of  the  world,  increased  its 
variety,  and  enlarged  its  volume. 

They  have  lifted  women  from  a  condition  of  unspeakable  degrada- 

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tion  and  trained  a  new  generation  of  Christian  mothers,  wives,  and 
daughters,  who  are  making  homes  and  introducing  new  ideals  of  social 
life. 

They  have  translated  the  entire  Bible,  or  portions  of  the  Scriptures, 
into  500  languages  and  dialects,  distributing  last  year  alone  9,272,211 
copies  of  the  Word  of  God. 

They  have  reduced  many  strange  tongues  to  writing  and  have 
created  a  literature  for  whole  races,  producing  annually  a  vast  amount 
of  good  reading  in  the  shape  of  books,  hymnals,  and  papers  for  all  ages. 

They  have  transformed  the  people  of  the  Fiji  Islands,  the  New 
Hebrides,  Melanesia,  and  other  island  groups  from  cannibals  to  civi¬ 
lized  human  beings. 

They  have  enabled  Bulgaria  to  rise  to  the  level  of  national  inde¬ 
pendence. 

They  have  furnished  the  incentives  which  made  possible  Japan’s 
peaceful  evolution  from  feudalism  to  constitutional  government,  and 
from  opposition  to  Christianity  to  the  granting  of  full  religious  liberty. 

They  have  been  the  main  agent  in  the  extraordinary  awakening  of 
the  people  of  China  by  which,  turning  their  backs  on  the  history  of 
4,000  years,  they  have  adopted  Western  ideas  in  government,  educa¬ 
tion,  and  commerce,  and  are  showing  an  amsizing  readiness  to  receive 
the  gospel  of  Christ. 

They  have  started  a  movement  in  Korea  which  is  going  forward 
with  such  unparalleled  rapidity  that  this  nation  bids  fair  to  become 
Christianized  within  a  generation. 

They  have  held  the  home  churches  true  to  the  essential  purpose 
of  the  gospel,  have  broadened  their  outlook,  deepened  their  devotion, 
and  demonstrated  the  universal  and  all-conquering  character  of  Chris¬ 
tianity. 

In  view  of  these  magnificent  achievements  there  can  be  no  question 
but  what  the  foreign  missionary  movement  bears  the  seal  of  success. 
The  victories  of  the  past  and  the  opportunities  of  the  present  consti¬ 
tute  a  sublime  challenge  to  the  church  for  the  conquest  of  the  remain¬ 
ing  strongholds  of  Islam  and  paganism.  Such  considerations  as  these 
should  convince  the  people  of  our  churches  that  we  are  indeed  living 
in  a  new  era  of  missionary  work,  and  that  the  hour  of  Christianity  has 
struck  for  the  non-Christian  world. 

The  march  of  the  conquering  Christ  through  Europe  which  trans¬ 
formed  the  people  of  that  continent  from  pagans  to  Christians  is  an 
accomplished  fact.  The  majestic  movement  has  now  reached  the 
shores  of  Asia.  History  on  a  gigantic  scale  is  making  under  our  very 
eyes.  We  see  the  Kingdom  growing  apace.  We  see  nations  being 
bom  in  a  day.  What  a  time  to  live !  What  a  time  to  preach ! 

.  MASS  MOVEMENTS 

Twice  recently  news  items  of  the  mass  movements 
among  the  lower  classes  in  the  north  of  India  have  been 
noted.  Just  now  comes  to  hand  the  results  of  a  first-hand 
study  of  this  movement  by  the  India  Witness,  of  Calcutta. 

It  finds  that  in  territories  covered  by  only  twenty  mission- 

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aries  there  have  been  baptized  in  the  last  few  years  some 
140,000  of  these  so-called  “untouchables.”  Another  sign  of 
awakening  lies  in  the  fact  that  the  word  “untouchable”  is 
now  protested  and  Hindu  leaders  are  agitating  for  the  adop¬ 
tion  of  Christian  social  service  methods  to  save  the  70,000,000 
of  them  to  the  native  faiths.  The  Witness  declares  its  study 
shows  that  15,000,000  of  them  can  be  won  right  now,  and 
quite  as  easily  as  the  140,000  have  been,  if  the  leaders  can 
only,  be  furnished.  The  leaven  has  been  working  and  they 
are  ready  for  the  gospel  invitation.  Such  a  vast  body  of  re¬ 
deemed  in  a  land  already  in  the  ferment  of  change  would  turn 
the  tide  in  Christ’s  favor.  What  a  challenge  to  Christendom ! 

JE.SUS  SHALL  HAVE  IT 

Keshub  Chunder  Sen  said,  in  a  brilliant  peroration  to  an 
address  delivered  in  Calcutta  several  years  ago:  “England 
has  sent  out  a  tremendous  moral  force  in  the  character 
and  life  of  that  mighty  prophet  to  conquer  and  hold 
this  vast  empire.  None  but  Jesus  ever  deserved  this 

bright,  this  precious  diadem,  and  Jesus  shall  have  it.”  To 
those  who  believe  the  Kingdom  of  God  is  being  planted  on 
this  earth  there  is  eloquent  and  profound  prophecy  in  the 
words  of  India’s  great  moralist  and  patriot.  The  leaven  of 
Christianity  has  already  permeated  far  into  the  lump  of 
India’s  life.  Her  whole  mental  attitude  is  changing.  Caste 
was  her  law,  both  social  and  religious,  but  the  mind  of  India 
not  only  no  longer  justifies  caste,  but  is  recognizing  its  anti¬ 
social  and  semi-barbarous  nature;  slowly  she  is  realizing 
that  there  is  neither  bond  nor  free  in  Christ.  India’s  woman¬ 
hood  is  awakening.  There  are  five  times  as  many  girls  in 
school  as  ten  years  ago.  The  land  is  being  dotted  with  pro¬ 
gressive  societies  which  are  resolving  that  caste  and  woman 
slavery  must  go ;  slowly  she  is  realizing  that  there  is  neither 
male  nor  female  in  Christ.  For  twenty  centuries  the  Hindu 
has  sat  upon  his  heels  and  dreamed  and  meditated  and  specu¬ 
lated  and  become  so  calloused  to  his  shackles  that  he  has  not 
chafed  under  them.  To-day  a  divine  discontent  is  surging 
through  his  bosom.  He  is  slowly  turning  from  ancient 

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speculations  to  modern  science  and  history.  If  to  our  minds 
the  missionary  task  is  only  the  rescuing  of  individuals  from 
darkness,  the  task  has  been  well  worth  while ;  but  if  it  is  the 
planting  of  the  Kingdom  of  God  as  leaven  in  the  lump,  then 
India  is  becoming  one  of  the  marvels  of  missionary  history. 

THE  DEEP  UNDERCURRENT  IN  INDIA 

When  Henry  Martyn  went  to  India,  steeped  in  supersti¬ 
tion  and  wedded  to  her  idols,  he  cried  out  in  despair  that  one 
had  as  well  expect  the  dead  to  arise  as  to  expect  to  convert 
Hindus.  To-day  there  are  one  and  a  half  million  in  the  Prot¬ 
estant  community  in  India.  Christian  work  is  being  carried 
on  at  11,000  places,  and  there  are  more  than  35,000  native 
leaders  engaged,  together  with  nearly  5,000  foreign  mission¬ 
aries,  in  the  tasks  of  leadership. 

The  mere  statistical  account  of  the  Christian  movement 
in  India  does  not  indicate  a  tithe  of  the  sweep  of  the  Chris¬ 
tian  movement  in  that  hoary  old  land.  In  physics  it  is  reck¬ 
oned  that  the  force  which  raises  one  thousand  tons  one  foot 
is  equal  to  that  which  raises  one  ton  one  thousand  feet.  The 
raising  of  the  national  life  of  a  great  population  of  more  than 
three  hundred  millions  is  represented  by  the  last  equation  in 
that  axiom  in  physics.  India’s  millions  are  still  practicing 
old  forms,  but  with  the  soul  of  them  lost  out.  In  the  place 
of  the  soul  of  them  they  are  putting  the  thought  of  the  mod¬ 
ern  world;  the  valley  of  dead  bones  is  showing  signs  of  life. 

A  STRIKING  CONTRAST 

The  Churches  News  Association  is  authority  for  the  fol¬ 
lowing  statement: 

Reports  now  fairly  complete  indicate  that  there  will  go 
into  new  churches  and  into  buildings  intended  to  advance 
the  Christian  cause  in  America  between  $35,000,000  and 
$40,000,000  this  year.  Delays  in  construction  operation  may 
carry  some  of  this  outlay  over  for  a  time.  The  church- 
erection  outlay  in  the  United  States  for  the  year  will  reach 
about  $40,000,000. 


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This  sum  is  $3,000,000  to  $5,000,000  above  the  normal,  in¬ 
dicating  that  causes  that  affect  business  in  general  and  have 
hurt  gifts  to  missions  and  to  charities,  do  not  prevail  against 
the  carrying  forward  of  new  projects.  The  largest  outlays 
along  these  lines  are  in  New  York  and  New  England  for  the 
East,  in  California  because  of  new  structures  going  up  for 
use  at  the  Panama  Exposition,  and  in  the  Southwest.  The 
Middle  West  has  been  building  churches  in  considerable 
numbers  for  the  last  five  years,  and  this  summer  slacks  up 
to  some  extent. 

The  American  people  put  into  Christian  work  of  all  forms 
$400,000,000  a  year.  This  amount  grows  steadily,  having 
nearly  doubled  in  the  last  fifteen  years.  Some  people  say 
the  church  is  losing  ground  and  that  people  do  not  go  to 
church  as  they  once  did.  However  that  may  be,  they  give 
money  in  larger  sums  and  seem  not  to  have  been  affected  in 
so  doing  by  financial  stringency  in  other  lines.  Of  the  total 
amount  named,  $45,000,000  a  year  goes  to  home  missions, 
and  $35,000,000  into  new  structures  and  enrichments;  about 
$16,000,000  goes  into  Foreign  Missions,  and  the  balance  into 
maintenance.  Apart  from  these,  Christian  people  give  large 
sums  to  charities  and  to  public  relief  of  all  kinds.  Indeed, 
while  Christians  number  only  about  a  third  of  the  popula¬ 
tion,  they  give  $3  of  every  $4  that  goes  to  charities,  educa¬ 
tion,  earthquake  and  flood  disasters. 

The  above  statement  is  in  striking  contrast  with  the  an¬ 
nual  expenditure  on  the  foreign  fields.  The  income  of  all  the 
societies  in  this  country  for  1913  was  about  $16,400,000. 
The  expenditure  tor  the  homeland  includes  some  100,000,000 
of  souls  who  in  a  very  important  way  now  have  the  gospel  at 
their  very  doors,  while  the  expenditures  in  the  regions  be¬ 
yond  include  about  800,000,000  who  do  not  have  the  gospel 
in  any  sense.  These  great  facts  are  basis  for  thinking  by 
Christian  people. 


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THE  BIGGEST  AND  BEST  BUSINESS  ON  EARTH 

This  old  Avorld  boasts  of  some  gigantic  business  enterprises,  but  for 
mere  bigness  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ  beats  them  all. 

The  church  is  the  biggest  FINANCIALLY.  She  has  more  capital 
invested  and  vastly  larger  annual  receipts  and  expenditures  than  any 
other  institution  on  earth. 

The  church  is  the  biggest  NUMERICALLY.  No  other  enterprise 
has  as  many  members  in  the  firm  or  is  serving  such  large  numbers. 
No  other  religion  has  as  many  followers  as  Christianity. 

The  church  is  the  biggest  PRODUCER  OF  OTHER  BUSINESS. 
The  by-products  of  the  Church  have  been  the  great  commercial  enter¬ 
prises  of  the  ages.  The  per  capita  commerce  of  Christian  lands  is 
more  than  double  that  of  lands  where  the  church  is  not  known. 

The  church  offers  the  best  opportunities  and  the  BIGGEST  DIVI¬ 
DENDS  on  investments.  The  promised  interest  is  30,  60,  and  100 
fold.  This  is  guaranteed  by  One  who  has  never  broken  his  word. 

The  church  is  not  only  the  biggest  and  best  business  on  earth ;  it  is 
the  greatest  corporation  with  the  GREATEST  LEADER  of  the  ages. 
It  is  a  corporation  with  a  trust  in  the  real  meaning  of  the  term.  It 
holds  its  charter  from  the  King  of  Heaven,  and  is  the  only  corporation 
that  exists  solely  for  the  good  of  all  mankind.  It  is  built  up,  held 
together,  and  inspired  to  action  by  the  greatest  Leader,  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  It  is  the  one  corporation  that  will  never  fail,  for  it  is  built  on 
the  Rock  of  Ages. 


THE  COMMISSION 

“As  the  Father  hath  sent  me,  even  so  send  I  you,”  is  the  calm, 
direct  statement  of  Jesus  Christ  to  his  disciples  as  he  stood  in  their 
midst  at  evening  on  his  resurrection  day.  That  these  words  were  ad¬ 
dressed  to  each  one  there  present  cannot  be  doubted.  That  this  com¬ 
mission,  spoken  on  that  tremendously  interesting  occasion,  is  of  force 
always,  and  applies  to  every  disciple  in  every  age  of  the  present  order 
of  his  Kingdom  is  equally  certain.  This  commission,  coming  as  it  does, 
from  the  heart  of  the  risen  Saviour,  should  sink  as  deeply  into  our 
hearts  as  it  sank  into  the  hearts  of  those  to  whom  it  was  originally 
spoken. 

“As  the  Father  hath  sent  me.”  How  significant  the  first  little  word 
is!  Who  can  fathom  all  that  it  meant  to  him 'who  spoke?  In  it  are 
gathered  up  the  infinite  love  with  which,  and  the  holy  purpose  and 
object  for  which,  the  Father  sent  him.  “So  send  I  you.”  Again,  how 
significant  the  first  little  word  is !  Again,  who  can  fathom  all  that 
Jesus  meant  and  felt  in  its  use  in  this  connection?  In  it  is  gathered  up 
our  Saviour’s  passionate  longing  that  his  followers  should  adequately 
and  consistently  show  him,  and  through  him  the  Father,  unto  men. 

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a 


Come  Over  and  Help 
CHINA’S  APPEAL 


Confucians  Mohammedans  Christians 
380  Millions  20  Millions  One-fifth  Million 


PART  V 


MEDICAL  MISSIONS 

Of  The 

Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society 

Illustrated 

INTRODUCTORY 

This  exhibit  of  the  medical  work  of  the  Foreign  Society 
is  necessarily  imperfect.  There  are  defects  in  historic  facts 
which  we  regret.  The  fullest  information  available  is  pre¬ 
sented.  The  photographs  sent  us  are  not  always  the  best. 
The  missionaries  did  the  best  they  could  in  securing  the  pic¬ 
tures.  It  was  our  purpose  to  present  a  more  complete  repre¬ 
sentation  of  actual  operations  in  the  hospitals  and  their  re¬ 
sults,  but  in  this  we  have  been  disappointed.  It  is  not  an 
easy  matter  to  secure  good  pictures.  - 

The  following  pages,  however,  will  give  some  measure  . 
of  the  great  work  being  done  by  skilled  and  industrious  and 
devoted  men  and  women  in  alleviating  the  suffering  of  the 
pagan  world.  The  medical  arm  of  the  service  is  most  valu¬ 
able. 

The  Foreign  Society  supports  i8  hospitals  and  dispen¬ 
saries,  and  last  year  the  treatments  reached  181,564,  a  gain 
of  20,848  over  the  previous  year.  The  treatments  average 
about  500  per  day,  or  nearly  20  per  hour. 

THE  VALUE  OF  MEDICAL  MISSIONS 

The  most  successful  mission  work  has  been  done  in  those 
places  where  the  missionaries  first  ministered  to  the  diseased 
conditions  of  the  men  whose  souls  they  were  seeking  to  save. 
David  Livingstone  won  his  way  through  Africa  with  his 
medicine  chest  and  a  few  well-chosen  surgical  instruments. 
Dr.  Peter  Parker  opened  China  to  the  gospel  at  the  point  of 
the  lancet.  Dr.  Allen  saved  the  life  of  a  Korean  prince  after 
the  native  doctors  had  tried  in  vain  to  staunch  the  flow  of 
blood  with  sealing-wax.  Dr.  Carr  succeeded  in  establishing 
a  mission  in  Persia  when  other  methods  had  signally  failed. 
The  history  of  missions  shows  that  medical  work  is  the  key 
that  unlocks  the  door  to  the  heathen  heart.  Simple  help  like 
the  pulling  of  a  tooth,  the  lancing  of  an  abscess,  the  giving 
of  a  dose  of  quinine,  or  the  application  of  sulphur  ointment 
has  opened  regions  hitherto  unaccessible. 


HIGH  TESTIMONY 


The  ministry  of  healing  is  itself  Christlike. 


Christ  was  the  first  great  medical  Missionary. 


Medical  missions  are  the  pioneers  of  evangelism. 


Christ  is  the  Head  of  our  profession.” — Sir  J.  Y.  Simpson. 


Medical  missions  are  permanent  agencies  of  evangelism. 


“A  medical  missionary  is  a  missionary  and  a  half,  or 
rather,  a  double  missionary.” — Robert  Moffat. 


The  hospitals  planted  by  the  missionaries  inspire  and 
teach  the  people  to  establish  their  own  hospitals. 


Last  year  the  medical  missionaries  of  the  Foreign  Society 
gave  181,564  treatments.  These  are  wonderful  figures. 


“Heal  the  sick  that  are  therein  and  say  unto  them,  the 
Kingdom  of  God  is  come  nigh  unto  you.” — Jesus  Christ. 


“Medical  missions  are  of  immense  service  in  breaking 
down  opposition,  softening  hearts,  making  clear  to  the 
rough,  untamed  people  of  these  parts  the  real  meaning  and 
bearing  of  the  gospel  message,  and  so  preparing  the  way 
for  its  reception.” — The  Bishop  of  Lahore. 


“I  am  a  missionary,  heart  and  soul.  God  had  only  one 
Son,  and  he  was  a  Missionary  and  a  Physician.  A  poor  imi¬ 
tation  of  him  I  am,  or  wish  to  be.  In  this  service  I  hope  to 
live,  and  in  it  I  hope  to  die.  It  is  something  to  be  a  follower, 
however  feeble,  in  the  wake  of  the  great  Teacher  and  only 
model  Missionary  that  ever  appeared  among  men.  May  we 
venture  to  invite  young  men  of  education,  when  laying  down 
the  plan  of  their  lives,  to  take  a  glance  at  that  of  missionary? 
We  will  magnify  the  office.” — David  Livingstone. 


CHINA 

DR.  MACKLIN’S  HOSPITAL,  NANKING 

Dr.  Macklin  did  our  first  medical  work  in  China.  It  was 
a  small  beginning  in  the  face  of  prejudice  and  much  stubborn 
opposition.  Dr.  Macklin  reached  China,  January  29,  1886. 
The  decision  to  plant  a  mission  in  Nanking  has  proven  a  wise 
one. 

The  medical  work  was  begun  at  once  in  a  very  primitive 
way.  There  was  no  building  for  a  hospital.  F.  E.  Meigs 
made  an  appeal  for  a  building  before  the  National  Conven¬ 
tion  at  Allegheny,  Pa.,  in  1891.  The  money  was  raised  in 
the  name  of  or  in  memory  of  the  late  O.  A.  Burgess,  of  In¬ 
diana.  The  well-known  and  much-beloved  A.  M.  Atkinson, 
of  the  same  State,  led  with  a  gift  of  $1,000.  This  was  the 
first  hospital  our  people  ever  undertook  to  build  on  foreign 
soil.  It  was  proposed  to  call  it  the  O.  A.  Burgess  Hospital, 
but  Dr.  Macklin  preferred  to  call  it  “The  Christian  Hos¬ 
pital.”  It  was  so  named.  The  building  was  completed  in 
1892.  The  Chinese  attended  the  dedication. 

The  rich  Chinese  gave  much  help  to  Dr.  Macklin.  They 
made  him  generous  gifts  for  his  work  from  time  to  time. 
Many  thousands  were  treated  each  year.  Year  before  last 
about  18,000  patients  were  treated.  In  connection  with  this 
work  he  preached  the  gospel  to  great  numbers.  Hundreds 
became  obedient  believers  and  rejoiced  in  a  saving  knowl¬ 
edge  of  Jesus  Christ. 

One  rich  Hankow  merchant  made  a  gift  to  the  hospital 
of  three  and  one-half  acres  of  land  in  the  city,  worth  many 
thousands  of  dollars.  This  was  to  provide  a  ward  for  the 
poor.  Another  Chinaman  contributed  money  for  two  iso¬ 
lated  hospitals.  These  were  for  those  with  contagious  dis¬ 
eases.  And  still  another,  a  Christian,  gave  $2,000  gold.  And 
yet  some  ask  if  a  Chinaman  is  worth  saving  and  if  any  are 
truly  converted. 

“The  Christian  Hospital”  has  especially  cared  for  the 
poor  from  the  very  beginning.  The  first  poor  “Lazarus” 
was  taken  up  off  the  streets  over  twenty-five  years  ago,  be¬ 
fore  a  hospital  or  dispensary  was  started,  and  Dr.  Macklin 
even  had  three  leper  paupers  before  the  main  hospital  was 
built. 


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No  pen  can  describe  all  the  good  this  great  institution 
has  accomplished.  It  has  sheltered  thousands  of  the  poor 
and  dying,  it  has  opened  the  hearts  and  purses  of  the  official 
class  and  commanded  their  support.  It  has  led  hundreds  to 
Jesus  Christ,  who  is  Lord  of  the  Chinaman  as  he  is  of  the 
American.  Not  only  so,  but  the  institution  has  brought  a 
new  train  of  thinking  and  new  conceptions  of  life.  It  has 
helped  to  bring  them  face  to  face  with  a  new  world.  It  has 
helped  to  set  in  motion  forces  and  agencies  that  only  the 
future  can  measure. 

Nanking  is  now  the  largest  and  most  important  mission 
station  of  the  Foreign  Society  in  all  the  world.  It  has  grown 
step  by  step  and  year  by  year.  We  own,  all  told,  in  that  city 
fully  $100,000  worth  of  property,  and  it  is  constantly  advanc¬ 
ing.  No  one  influence  has  contributed  more  to  the  great 
success  than  The  Christian  Hospital. 

W.  R.  Hunt,  who  has  long  been  associated  with  him  in 
service  in  China,  speaks  of  Dr.  Macklin  as  follows:  “No 
man  puts  more  reverence  into  his  service  nor  less  trimming 
on  his  coat.  The  Chinese  love  him  and  revere  him  all  over 
the  country.  He  loves  men  in  the  Savior’s  way  of  loving 
them,  and  that  to  lift  them  up.  He  is  a  prince  among  men.” 


HOSPITAL  AT  NANKING,  CHINA.  THE  FIRST  HOSPITAL  BUILT 
BY  OUR  PEOPLE  ON  HEATHEN  SOIL 


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CHINESE  GIRL  BEFORE  ENTER-  CHINESE  GIRL  AFTER  ENTER¬ 
ING  THE  MISSION  HOSPITAL  ING  THE  MISSION  HOSPITAL 


SCHOOL  AND  HOSPITAL 

This  is  another  view  of  the  Nanking  Hospital.  The  school 
building  has  been  erected  since  the  hospital  was  constructed. 


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DR.  W.  E.  MACKLIN 


For  twenty-six  years  he  has  been  a 
medical  missionary  at  Nanking.  He 
does  much  preaching,  and  besides  he 
translates  many  books.  Dr.  Macklin 
is  one  of  the  most  useful  missionaries 
in  all  China. 


SOLDIER  AT  DR.  MACKLIN’S 
HOSPITAL  AFTER  THE  NAN¬ 
KING  BATTLE  DURING 
THE  RECENT  REVO¬ 
LUTION 


The  famines  in  China 
cause  the  death  of  mil¬ 
lions.  Dr.  Macklin  fed 
great  numbers. 

The  famine  now  in 
Southern  China 
threatens  to  exceed  the 
world-war  in  loss  of 
life.  Two  millions  face 
starvation  within 
twelve  months,  it  is  re¬ 
ported.  Unprecedented 
floods  in  two  provinces 
in  South  China  is  the 
cause  of  this  famine. 


A  FAMINE  BABY 
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HOSPITAL  AT  LU  CHEO  FU,  CHINA 

THE  LUCHOWFU  HOSPITAL 

The  Luchowfu  Hospital  is  one  of  the  most  important  in¬ 
stitutions  of  the  Foreign  Society.  It  was  opened  by  Dr. 
James  Butchart  in  a  quiet  way  April  i,  1901,  after  the  stormy 
days  of  the  Boxer  movement. 

It  is  located  on  a  fine  lot  of  about  one  acre  in  an  excellent 
part  of  the  city.  The  city  has  a  population  of  75,000.  We 
are  the  only  people  doing  missionary  work  in  that  great 
center.  The  building  cost  not  much  over  $7,500.  There 
have  been  additions  and  improvements  made  since  the  build¬ 
ing  was  first  completed. 

The  medical  work  began  some  years  before  that.  It  was 
first  conducted  in  a  native  Chinese  house.  To  this  the  people 
offered  stubborn  opposition.  They  beat  the  man  who  owned 
the  property.  Opposition  gradually  passed  away,  and  now 
it  is  one  of  the  most  popular  institutions  in  the  Republic.  Its 
influence  reaches  far  and  near.  Patients  come  a  hundred 
miles  or  over  to  receive  treatments.  The  name  of  Dr. 
Butchart  is  known  and  honored  in  all  that  region. 

Two-thirds  of  all  the  local  Christians  came  through  the 

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hospital.  It  is  a  strong  evangelizing  agency.  Many  thou¬ 
sands  are  treated  here  annually.  Last  year  there  were  31,096 
treatments.  The  fees  of  the  hospital  have  always  been  large. 
Last  year  they  amounted  to  $2,258.  In  the  past  ten  years 
the  fees  of  this  one  hospital  have  run  to  $18,403.95.  These 
fees  have  helped  tremendously  in  keeping  down  expenses. 
They  come  from  well-to-do  Chinese  who  are  able  to  pay  for 
operations  and  other  medical  attention. 

One  valuable  result  of  the  hospital  is  the  establishment 
of  a  second  hospital  in  Luchowfu  by  the  Chinese  themselves. 
This  is  one  of  the  important  goals  of  missions  in  that  land, 
to  inspire  and  provoke  the  people  to  establish  and  maintain 
their  own  hospitals.  In  a  few  years  the  Chinese  will  do  all 
this  for  themselves,  as  Japan  is  now  doing,  and  it  will  not  be 
necessary  to  spend  American  money  on  hospitals  in  that 
field. 

The  building  is  a  beautiful  one.  The  gospel  is  preached 
here  every  day.  Many  are  led  to  accept  Christ. 


DR.  BUTCHART  AND  DR.  WAKEFIELD  WITH  MEDICAL  ASSIST¬ 
ANTS  AND  STUDENTS  AT  LUCHOWFU  HOSPITAL 


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ONE  OF  DR.  BUTCHART’S  PA¬ 
TIENTS  BEFORE  OPERATION 


ONE  OF  DR.  BUTCHART’S  PA¬ 
TIENTS  AFTER  OPERATION 


This  operation  made  a  profound  impression  upon  the  Chinese. 


DR.  JAMES  BUTCHART 


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DR.  PAUL  WAKEFIELD,  MIS¬ 
SIONARY  IN  CHARGE 


TISDALE  HOSPITAL,  CHUCHOW 

This  merciful  institution  is  located  at  Chuchow,  China. 
The  money  for  the  hospital  was  the  gift  of  J.  M.  Tisdale,  of 
Bellevue,  Ky.  Chuchow  is  the  center  of  a  wide  Christian 
work. 

Distinctive  medical  work  was  begun  by  Dr.  E.  I.  Os¬ 
good,  of  Hiram  College,  October,  1899.  Before  that,  how¬ 
ever,  Messrs.  Saw,  Hunt,  and  Arnold,  missionaries  of  the 
Foreign  Society,  gave  out  medicine  from  the  gate  house  of 
the  chapel.  This  was  the  first  dispensary,  and  in  it  the  first 
operation  was  performed.  A  door  was  the  operating  table. 
The  operation  consisted  in  removing  a  lower  arm  of  a  boy. 
The  patient  made  good  progress,  and  at  last  account  was 
still  alive.  This  operation  by  Dr.  Osgood  was  in  the  winter 
of  1899.  The  medical  missionary  says  that  the  people 
showed  little  interest  until  about  1907.  Then  there  came 
to  the  people  in  respect  to  the  hospital  a  new  spirit.  Up  to 
that  time  the  clinics  did  not  average  more  than  eight  patients 
a  day. 

A  better  dispensary,  a  small  building,  was  provided  by 
the  Ontario  Christian  Endeavor  Societies  in  1901.  This 
small  outlay  brought  a  new  day  to  the  mission.  A  vast 
amount  of  real  effective  work  was  done  in  even  this  com¬ 
paratively  insignificant  building.  The  work  grew  until  a 
new  and  larger  building  seemed  to  be  imperative.  The  first 
land  for  the  new  hospital  was  bought  by  Dr.  Osgood  in  1908, 
and  a  second  piece  in  1910.  The  land  cost,  all  told,  $240  gold, 
and  the  lot  contains  about  three-quarters  of  an  acre.  A  new 
building  was  erected  in  1911,  requiring  some  six  months. 
Dr.  Osgood  superintended  the  building. 

The  two  chief  native  helpers  are  Mr.  Shen  Si-gu  and 
Mr.  Ho  Wen-bo.  Their  salaries  are  $8  and  $6  per  month. 
Fully  4,000  different  patients  are  treated  here  annually. 

During  the  revolution  the  hospital  had  a  great  number 
of  gunshot  wounded.  The  building  of  a  new  railroad  also 
brought  many  to  the  hospital  that  had  been  injured. 

The  hospital  has  been  the  center  of  the  Red  Cross  work 

in  this  region  during  the  revolution,  and  has  led  to  the  or- 

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ganization  of  a  local  branch  with  the  leading  men  of  the  city 
as  memjDers.  The  way  has  thus  been  opened  up  to  social 
service,  and  the  city  has  been  led  in  reforms  in  sanitation, 
street  cleaning,  public  lavatories,  public  park  playgrounds, 
the  building  of  paved  or  macadamized  streets,  anti-opium, 
anti-cigarette,  and  anti-wine  and  gambling  movements. 

It  was  here  that,  following  the  revolution,  a  number  of 
educated  soldiers  were  baptized  and  have  been  steadfast 
Christians.  The  influence  of  the  hospital  and  the  Red  Cross 
and  Reform  Society  work  in  the  city  has  drawn  into  the 
church  a  number  of  excellent  people. 

It  is  possible  that  the  people  may  in  the  not  distant  future 
practically  support  our  hospital  work.  This  is  a  permanent 
institution,  and  the  people  make  much  use  of  it  for  meetings 
as  well  as  for  the  healing  of  the  bodies.  The  missionaries 
have  tried  to  identify  it  with 
the  life  of  the  people.  This  has 
been  a  wise  move. 


DR.  E.  I.  OSGOOD 


TISDALE  HOSPITAL,  CHU  CHOW 

Built  by  J.  M.  Tisdale,  in  memory 
of  his  two  sisters.  Aria  C.  and  Annie 
G.  Tisdale. 


J.  M.  TISDALE 


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ANOTHER  VIEW  OF  THE  TISDALE  HOSPITAL 


THE  HOSPITAL  AT  NANTUNGCHOW 


This  medical  work  was  opened  by  Dr.  E.  A.  Layton.  The 
land  was  purchased  for  the  building  in  igio,  igii',  and  igi2. 
A  number  of  small  pieces  of  land  were  bought  at  a  time  by 
John  Johnson  and  Dr.  M.  E.  Poland.  It  required  a  long  time 
to  complete  the  purchase.  The  cost  of  the  land  alone  was 
$2,000  gold,  and  embraces  about  one  acre.  The  hospital 
building  was  donated  by  Charles  C.  Chapman.  He  gave 
$5,000  for  this  purpose.  The  work  on  the  building  began 
August,  igii,  and  the  main  building  was  completed  April, 
igi2.  Outbuildings,  cistern,  fence,  etc.,  were  completed  in 
September,  igi2.  There  were  so  many  problems  that  it  took 
a  long  time  to  put  up  the  building. 

The  names  of  the  helpers  are  Wu  Sing  Ming,  Dzaw  You 
Van,  and  Law  Owing;  their  salaries  are  about  $3  per  month. 
The  work  commanded  fine  influence  from  the  very  first. 
Eight  hundred  patients  were  treated  the  first  year.  This 
was  a  good  beginning.  It  was  just  a  little  while  until  tumors 
and  tubercular  glands  were  removed.  This  made  a  profound 
impression  upon  the  people.  Other  operations  were  also  re¬ 
garded  with  great  wonder.  Within  seven  months  the  hos¬ 
pital  received  $300  as  fees  from  better-to-do  Chinese.  In¬ 
deed,  the  whole  work  caused  the  thoughtful  to  think,  the 
ignorant  to  wonder,  the  superstitious  to  fear,  and  the  kind- 
hearted  to  yield. 

There  is  now  another  hospital  in  Nantungchow,  managed 
by  a  graduate  from  Tokyo,  Japan.  It  is  financed  by  Chinese, 
and  they  are  planning  to  build  about  such  a  building  as  we 
have.  This  is  a  wholesome  influence  and  shows  the  trend  of 
things  in  China,  and  that  the  Chinese  people  can  be  inspired 
to  plant  and  support  their  own  hospitals. 


DR.  LAYTON,  WHO  STARTED 
THIS  MEDICAL  WORK 


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DR.  POLAND,  WHO  BUILT 
THE  HOSPITAL 


HOSPITAL  AT  NANTUNGCHOW.  DONATED  BY  CHAS.  C.  CHAPMAN 


JOHN  JOHNSON,  MISSIONARY  AT 
THIS  STATION. 


DR.  JOHN  LIN,  PHYSICIAN 
AT  NANTUNGCHOW 


KITCHEN,  WASH-HOUSE,  AND  FUEL  ROOM  OF  NANTUNGCHOW 

HOSPITAL 


MISS  MARY  JANE  CHILES  CHRISTIAN  HOSPITAL,  MANILA 


Philippine  Islands 

MANILA 

The  above  building  was  bought  by  the  missionaries  of 
the  Foreign  Society  for  a  Christian  hospital  November  7, 
1913.  It  is  an  ideal  location.  It  is  on  Gastambide  Street, 
only  one  block  and  a  half  from  Alix,  one  of  the  chief  streets 
of  the  city.  The  property  cost  but  $7,000.  The  ground  alone 
is  said  to  be  worth  $6,000,  and  the  building,  when  erected, 
cost  $10,500.  Three  weeks  after  the  property  was  purchased 
the  missionaries  were  offered  $9,000  for  it.  The  medical 
work  here  is  in  the  hands  of  Dr.  W.  N.  Lemmon. 

The  building  contains  a  baby  ward,  an  old  people’s  ward, 
and  a  general  ward  and  clinic.  The  materials  used  in  the 
building  came  from  England,  China,  Australia,  the  Philip¬ 
pines,  and  America — four  continents  and  the  Philippine 
Islands. 

The  medical  work  at  Manila  was  begun,  in  one  room  of 
the  mission  house,  the  medicines  being  placed  on  one  shelf 
about  four  feet  long.  The  first  patient  was  one  of  our  Chris¬ 
tian  evangelists,  suffering  from  tuberculosis. 

The  hospital  work  has  grown  rapidly.  There  are  a  num¬ 
ber  of  assistants  at  the  present  time.  Some  of  these  receive 
as  much  as  $12.50  per  month  as  salary.  About  4,000  patients 
are  treated  annually  in  the  hospital. 

The  amount  collected  in  the  hospital  annually  is  over 

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$3,000.  This  money  goes  for  equipment  and  enlargement 
of  the  medical  work. 

The  missionaries  say  that  the  influence  of  the  hospital 
upon  the  people  is  most  wholesome.  It  gives  the  people 
higher  ideals  of  living,  and  also  gives  them  an  uplift  in  Chris¬ 
tian  living  in  their  homes.  A  large  number  are  led  to  confess 
Christ  through  the  instrumentality  of  the  hospital. 


MARY  CHILES  CHRISTIAN  HOSPITAL,  MANILA,  DAILY  CLINIC 

Beginning  left  to  right :  1.  A  patient.  2.  A  tubercular  patient.  3.  Woman 
with  fan  outspread.  Pillar,  our  Bible  woman,  working  and  talking  with  patients 
while  they  wait  for  treatment.  4.  Nurse.  5.  Dr.  Lemmon.  6.  Baby  and  mother; 
mother  underfed,  baby  suffering  from  pneumonic  beri-beri  (cured).  7.  Man 
sitting,  graduate  from  our  Bible  College.  8.  One  of  our  evangelists,  holding 
hand  to  jaw — suffering  from  anthrax  (cured).  9.  Woman  patient,  strong 
Romanist — trying  not  to  get  in  picture. 


DR.  W.  N.  LEMMON  AT  WORK  IN  OPERATING  ROOM 

This  picture  illustrates  work  in  the  operating  room.  The  patient  came  in 
almost  blind,  but  is  now  able  to  see  and  walk  about.  This  is  a  scene  in  the 
Mary  Chiles  Hospital,  Manila. 


TWO  NURSES 

These  are  two  of  the  nurses  de¬ 
tailed  for  duty  in  the  Government 
Infectious  Hospital.  These  nurses 
handle  bubonic  plague,  cholera, 
leprosy,  smallpox,  diphtheria,  and 
other  infectious  diseases  every  day 
during  their  course.  The  larger 
one.  Miss  Emerinciana  Lapinto,  has 
had  smallpox.  These  are  two  brave 
Filipino  girls,  both  members  of  the 
church.  Miss  Lapinto  is  a  rich  girl 
in  that  country,  and  was  disowned 
when  she  became  a  Christian,  but 
she  stood  firm.  And  not  long  ago 
Dr.  Lemmon  had  the  pleasure  of 
baptizing  her  mother,  and  so  recon¬ 
ciliation  has  taken  place.  The 
smaller  one.  Miss  Mary  Arbon,  is 
an  orphan,  but  a  true  Christian 
character  of  sunny  disposition, 
loved  by  all  her  patients. 


DR.  W.  N.  LEMMON 


This  good  man  is  a  very  efficient 
missionary.  His  son  is  taking  a  med¬ 
ical  course  and  will  follow  in  the 
father’s  footsteps. 


HELPERS  IN  MANILA  HOSPITAL 


DR.  C.  L.  PICKETT  R.  A.  LONG 

At  first  they  did  their  work  in  an  old  Spanish  building  with 
a  bamboo  roof.  The  people  were  friendly,  but  timid  and 
even  afraid. 


A  SON  OF  DR.  LEMMON  AND  ONE  OF  THE  PATIENTS  IN  THE 

MANILA  HOSPITAL 

THE  LAOAG  HOSPITAL 

The  medical  work  at  this  point  among  the  Ilocanos  was 
begun  December  i,  1903,  by  Dr.  C.  L.  Pickett  and  his  wife, 
Dr.  Leta  M.  Pickett.  They  are  both  graduate  physicians. 


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Land  was  bought  for  the  present  excellent  hospital  in 
igi2  by  Dr.  Pickett,  at  a  cost  of  $250.  The  size  of  the  lot  is 
about  1,964  square  yards.  The  cost  of  the  hospital  was 
$8,000,  and  R.  A.  Long,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  provided  the 
money.  This  was  a  splendid  encouragement  to  the  heart  of 
Dr.  Pickett  and  his  good  wife,  and  indeed,  to  the  whole 
Philippine  Mission.  It  was  a  distinct  advance  step  in  the 
work. 

It  required  one  whole  year  to  put  up  the  building.  There 
was  much  difficulty  in  securing  the  material.  It  had  to  be 
brought  a  long  way  in  the  face  of  many  hindrances. 

Three  male  medical  helpers  assist  in  this  hospital,  and 
also  four  nurses  are  in  training.  Mr.  Santos  Castro  is  the 
older  and  most  efficient  helper.  He  has  taken  a  short  course 
in  medicine  and  dentistry  in  the  Spanish  University  in 
Manila,  and  had  complete  charge  of  the  dental  work.  He 
also  acts  as  resident  physician  when  one  is  necessary. 
Gerardo  Pascua  has  also  been  an  efficient  helper.  He  is  a 
capable  preacher.  The  salaries  of  these  helpers  are  about 
$15  to  $20  per  month.  The  nurses  receive  no  salaries,  but 
are  furnished  with  clothing,  books,  and  some  little  spending 
money,  along  with  their  board. 

During  1913  there  were  17,849  treatments  in  this  insti¬ 
tution.  In  ten  years  there  were  106,585  treatments. 

Important  surgical  operations  have  been  performed.  Re¬ 
moval  of  enlarged  glands  of  the  neck  have  been  frequent.  A 
large  number  of  ovarian  tumors  have  been  removed,  and 
some  of  these  have  been  of  enormous  size.  One  weighed  as 
much  as  eighty  pounds. 

The  financial  returns  in  this  hospital  have  been  large. 
For  four  years  they  averaged  $3,619.57  per  year.  This  has 
been  a  great  help  in  many  ways.  The  hospital  has  made 
many  personal  friends  for  the  missionaries  and  for  the  work 
in  general.  It  has  been  the  means  of  dispelling  much  doubt 
and  superstition.  It  has  also  afforded  the  opportunity  of 
putting  thousands  of  pages  of  literature  into  hands  that 
otherwise  would  probably  not  have  received  it.  The  fruitage 
of  such  seed-sowing  is  bound  to  tell  in  the  future. 

The  medical  work  has  afforded  the  missionaries  the  op- 

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portunity  of  taking  the  message  of  the  gospel  into  many 
homes  where  it  could  not  otherwise  have  been  heard.  The 
influence  has  been  universally  good.  The  presence  of  the 
hospital  in  Laoag  has  won  for  our  missionaries  a  standing 
that  they  would  not  otherwise  have  been  able  to  enjoy. 


RESIDENCE  AND  HOSPITAL  OF  DR.  C.  L.  PICKETT,  LAOAG 

This  hospital  is  in  one  of  the  needy  portions  of  the  world. 
It  is  doing  great  good. 


DR.  AND  MRS.  PICKETT  AND  WORKING  FORCE  OF  THE  SALLIE  LONG 

READ  MEMORIAL  HOSPITAL  AT  LAOAG 

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PATIENT  AT  LAOAG  HOSPITAL 


PATIENTS  WHO  WALKED  SIXTY 
MILES  TO  GET  MEDICINE 
AT  LAOAG  HOSPITAL 


These  come  from  the  mountains. 
They  are  a  wild  people.  They  hear 
the  gospel  gladly. 


ONE  WAY  OF  BRINGING  PA¬ 
TIENTS  TO  THE  HOSPITAL, 
LAOAG 


DR.  C.  L.  PICKETT  AND  HIS  FILI¬ 
PINO  MEDICAL  ASSISTANTS 


Medical  missions  are  an  untold 
blessing  to  children. 


A  NEW  HOSPITAL  WILL  BE  BUILT  AT  VIGAN 

SOON 


DR.  L.  B.  KLINE,  VIGAN 


The  boy  on  the  right  of  Dr.  Kline  is  Juan  Tuscano,  who  was  recently  bap¬ 
tized  after  recovering  from  an  operation  of  a  growing  tumor  that  was  removed 
from  his  lower  jaw.  It  was  very  large  and  encroached  on  his  mouth  so  as 
to  render  speech  and  eating  difficult. 

The  boy  on  the  left  is  Jasente  Agatep,  from  whom  Dr.  Kline  removed  a 
tumor  by  what  is  known  as  Mayo’s  operation.  He  had  an  enlargement  of  the 
gland  on  the  throat.  He  is  perfectly  well. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  Dr.  Kline  is  supported  by  the  church  at  Hous¬ 
ton,  Texas. 

The  doctor  is  making  a  fine  record  in  that  old  Catholic  center.  He  has 
been  compelled  to  meet  much  stubborn  opposition,  as  have  other  missionaries 
in  Vigan. 


MEDICAL  WORK  UNDER  DIFFICULTIES 

The  medical  work  at  Vigan  is  done  under  great  difficul¬ 
ties.  Dr.  L.  B.  Kline  does  not  have  proper  light  and  air  and 
room.  He  is  in  an  old  building.  His  home  and  the  so-called 
hospital  are  all  under  one  roof.  He  has  a  wife  and  two  small 
children. 

Some  of  the  rooms  were  intended  for  storerooms  for  to¬ 
bacco.  The  floors  and  walls  are  in  bad  shape.  The  floors 
are  rickety,  and  the  plastering  on  the  walls  broken.  It  is  a 
good  hiding  place  for  germs  and  rats  and  spiders  and  lizards 
and  centipedes. 

The  doctor’s  operating  room  is  a  little  partitioned  room 
right  on  the  dusty  and  dirty  thoroughfare.  The  missionary 
is  compelled  to  continually  struggle  against  dust  and  dirt 
to  keep  down  infection.  The  drug  room  is  not  properly 
lighted.  Here  the  missionary  is  compelled  to  do  much  mi¬ 
croscopic  work.  The  little  room  is  crowded  with  bookkeep¬ 
ing,  cash  drawer,  and  patients  all  the  time.  It  is  a  difficult 
place  to  serve  the  suffering. 

The  nurses  and  assistants  occupy  one  of  the  rooms  of  the 
family.  They  are  overcrowded.  The  family  does  not  even 
have  a  bathroom  of  its  own.  The  hospital  helpers,  male  and 
female,  are  compelled  to  take  their  daily  baths  in  connection 
with  the  hospital. 

Some  of  the  high-class  Filipinos  refuse  the  aid  that  they 
might  secure  here  on  account  of  the  unfavorable  surround¬ 
ings. 

Dr.  Kline  and  his  wife  are  doing  the  best  they  can  under 
the  circumstances.  They  need  better  quarters.  They  should 
have  them  at  once. 

This  is  an  old  city.  It  has  been  a  Catholic  center  for  cen¬ 
turies.  The  poor  and  the  needy  have  not  been  properly  cared 
for.  There  is  an  open  door  here.  Let  us  enter  it ! 


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WORKERS  IN  THE  NEW  HOSPITAL  AT  VIGAN.  DR.  AND  MRS. 

KLINE  STAND  IN  THE  REAR 


A  Little  Boy  With  Dogs  and  Hogs 

L.  B.  KLINE 

We  returned  from  our  much  appreciated  vacation  last 
Saturday,  arriving  in  Vigan  just  at  dark.  That  same  even¬ 
ing  we  admitted  two  patients  into  the  hospital,  and  sewed  up 
the  scalp  of  a  third  patient  who  had  been  attacked  from  be¬ 
hind  in  the  dark. 

Of  the  two  who  were  admitted  as  in-patients,  one  was  a 
little  boy,^eight  years  old.  A  young  Filipino  lady,  a  former 
appendicitis  patient,  found  the  little  boy  wandering  down 
near  the  river  and  brought  him  to  the  hospital.  He  was  too 
sick  to  be  of  any  use,  so  he  had  been  turned  out  of  doors  and 
was  claimed  by  no  one.  He  could  not  stand  alone,  and  had 
nearly  lost  the  power  of  speech.  From  what  we  could  gather 
he  had  been  numbered  among  the  pigs  and  the  dogs  that 
roam  the  streets  for  a  week,  gathering  what  he  could,  for, 
like  the  prodigal  son,  none  gave  him  to  eat. 

From  his  former  neglect  and  exposure  he  is  not  expected 
to  recover,  but  the  little  fellow  will  be  taken  care  of  as  best 
we  know  how  so  long  as  he  lives. 

When  money  is  given  to  Foreign  Missions  it  goes  to  cor¬ 
rect  just  such  conditions.  The  missionaries  are  laboring  to 
bring  the  world  to  Christ,  to  raise  the  standard  of  living,  to 
correct  defects  in  humanitarian  instincts,  to  raise  the  fallen, 
and  restore  the  lost. 

Vigan. 


MEDICAL  WORK  IN  AFRICA 


BOLENGE 

The  Englewood  Church,  Chicago,  will  build  hospital. 


SLEEPING  SICKNESS 

For  years  the  cause  of  this  strange 
disease  was  unknown,  but  Sleeping 
Sickness  Commissions  were  sent  to 
Uganda  and  to  the  Congo,  and  the 
cause  was  demonstrated  to  be  a  micro¬ 
scopic  blood  parasite,  called  the  try¬ 
panosome.  The  transmitting  agency 
of  this  parasite  is  a  blood-sucking  fly, 
the  tsetse,  which  injects  the  blood  thus 
obtained  into  the  next  victim,  who  in 
turn  develops  the  disease.  The  symp¬ 
toms  are  “apathy  and  listlessness  to 
an  extreme  degree.”  Later  on  they 
simply  lie  in  a  profound  stupor.  For 
years  death  was  the  invariable  ter¬ 
mination  of  this  dread  disease,  some 
lingering  two  years  or  more,  others 
dying  in  a  few  months.  It  was 
thought  for  years  that  white  people 
were  immune.  This  fondly  cherished 
hope  was  vain. 


DYING  OF  SLEEPING  SICKNESS 


DR.  G.  J.  P.  BARGER, 
Bolenge 


DR.  L.  F.  JAGGARD, 
Monieka 

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DR.  W.  A.  FRYMIRE, 
Lotumbe 


The  Bolenge  Dispensary 

The  medical  work  was  opened  April  17,  1889,  at  Bolenge, 
Africa.  Dr.  Royal  J.  Dye  was  the  missionary  in  charge. 
We  can  hardly  imagine  how  trying  the  first  work  was.  It  is 
said  Dr.  Dye  was  compelled  at  first  to  hire  patients  to  take 
his  medicine.  There  is  no  hospital  building  at  Bolenge — 
only  a  small  dispensary. 

The  land  was  given  to  the  Mission  by  the  Government 
in  consideration  of  the  medical  services  rendered.  About 
one  acre  of  land  has  been  set  aside  for  the  hospital  and  dis¬ 
pensary  work.  The  dispensary  was  built  by  the  late  R.  Ray 
Eldred  in  1903,  and  cost  the  modest  sum  of  about  $300.  All 
of  the  material  had  to  be  taken  by  hand  out  of  the  forests, 
and  from  the  time  the  building  was  begun  to  the  time  of  its 
completion  required  about  one  year. 

There  is  only  one  assistant  here,  his  name  being  Mboola.  ^ 
He  has  been  an  evangelist,  but,  of  course,  has  had  very  little 
training  for  medical  work,  and  his  salary  is  $50  per  year. 

About  five  hundred  patients  are  treated  in  this  dispensary 
annually.  Altogether  there  has  been  more  than  five  thou¬ 
sand  patients  treated  since  the  dispensary  was  opened.  The 
receipts  here  for  medical  work  are  very  small,  but  the  influ¬ 
ence  of  the  dispensary  is  large.  Dr.  W.  C.  Widdowson  was 
for  nearly  three  years  at  Bolenge,  Dr.  E.  A.  Layton  two 
years,  and  Dr.  L.  F.  Jaggard  about  one  year. 

There  is  now  a  medical  missionary  under  appointment, 
Dr.  G.  J.  P.  Barger,  and  it  is  hoped  that  he  will  soon  be  at 
Bolenge,  for  they  have  been  without  a  medical  missionary 
there  for  some  time. 

Witchcraft — Voodoqism  Opposing  the  Missionaries 

The  witch-doctor  of  Africa  is  the  arch-enemy  of  the  gos¬ 
pel  and  progress  along  all  lines.  "  He  is  the  high  priest  of 
fetichism  and  is  a  veritable  fiend  incarnate  when  under  the 
excitement  of  his  ceremonies.  In  the  early  days  of  our  work 
in  Africa  the  witch-doctor  played  a  dramatic  and  serious 
part  in  the  opposition  to  the  gospel  message  and  workers. 


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The  early  struggle  has  been  graphically  described  in  Mrs. 
Dye’s  “Bolenge.”  He  was  a  keen,  intelligent  man  of  middle 
age.  His  sleight-of-hand  tricks  were  the  mystery  of  the 
peoples  for  miles  about  Bolenge,  and  the  source  of  his  power. 
At  one  time  he  came  up  to  the  mission  station  before  day¬ 
break  and,  overturning  a  stone,  plucked  a  leaf ;  cursing  it,  he 
placed  it  and  the  stone  in  the  hole;  he  said,  “Whoever  stubs 
their  toe  on  this  stone,  let  him  get  pneumonia.”  The  mere 
tripping  up  on  a  stone  giving  pneumonia  is  ridiculous.  Dr. 
Dye,  threatening  the  witch-doctor,  made  him  remove  the 
stone  and  leaf.  Many  a  struggle  was  made  over  Bolenge 
and  vicinity,  but  scientific  medicine  and  the  friendly  message 
of  the  gospel  won  out. 

Witchcraft’s  cruelties  are  hardly  believable.  Our  mis¬ 
sionaries  almost  had  to  pay  the  people  at  first  to  get  them 
to  try  their  medicines.  In  fact,  one  old  chief  came  up  and 
asked  for  medicine,  then  he  demanded  pay  for  taking  it. 
Now  these  same  people,  realizing  the  value  and  helpfulness, 
pay  large  sums  for  the  larger  operations,  and  our  mission¬ 
aries  receive  a  good,  reasonable  fee  for  their  medicines,  while 
the  power  and  influence  of  the  old  superstitions  of  witch¬ 
craft  and  fetichism  are  broken  and  almost  forgotten  about 
Bolenge.  The  people  there  would  laugh  at  any  one  sug¬ 
gesting  the  old  practices  as  a  relief  for  suffering,  or  at  any 
one  trying  to  rehabilitate  the  old  tricks  and  chicanery  of  the 
witch-doctor. 

Our  younger  doctors  now  at  Lotumbe  and  Monieka  are 
doing  for  the  peoples  there  what  our  medical  missionaries 
who  worked  at  Bolenge  did  there  in  the  early  days.  Their 
operations  are  miraculous  to  the  natives,  and  the  power  of 
witchcraft  is  being  broken  in  their  sections  and  the  gospel 
is  being  gladly  received. 

What  a  wonderful  change  has  been  effected  in  only  a  few 
years !  We  are  sure  the  friends  rejoice  in  the  work  they  have 
been  permitted  to  accomplish  in  the  name  of  the  King. 


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WITCH  DOCTOR,  BOLENGE 

His  name  was  Bonkanza.  Mrs.  Dye 
says,  “His  life  was  a  rare  combination 
of  trickery  and  deceit,  with  geniality 
and  hospitality.”  He  urged  his  chil¬ 
dren  to  be  friends  to  the  missionaries. 


On  account  of  the  treach¬ 
erous  climate  there  are  fewer 
medical  missionaries  in  the 
Congo  than  in  almost  any 
other  occupied  field,  yet  no¬ 
where  are  they  so  much 
needed. 


SLEEPING  SICKNESS,  BOLENGE,  AFRICA 

Dr.  Royal  J.  Dye  making  a  regular  visit  to  sleeping  sickness  camp  below 
Bolenge,  where  infected  patients  are  isolated. 


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INDIA 

HOSPITAL  AT  HARDA,  INDIA 

This  is  where  we  opened  our  first  station  on  heathen  soil 
and  where  we  baptized  the  first  convert  from  heathenism. 
G.  L.  Wharton  was  the  missionary. 

This  hospital  is  one  of  the  most  useful  owned  by  the  For¬ 
eign  Society.  It  has  always  been  conducted  in  a  very  eco¬ 
nomical  way.  First  of  all,  the  land  was  given  by  a  Brahman. 
This  was  an  extraordinary  event.  The  first  building  was  a 

very  small  one,  erected  in  1894,  at  a  cost  of  $1,335.  Dr.  C.  S. 
Durand  opened  this  work  and  secured  the  first  money  for 

this  building  by  doing  dental  work  at  the  Hills.  He  worked 
among  foreigners  and  made  money.  For  many  years  this 
building  has  been  entirely  too  small. 

Recently  a  new  piece  of  land  was  purchased  for  a  larger 
and  better  hospital.  This  includes  six  acres,  and  cost  only 
$328.  It  was  bought  by  D.  O.  Cunningham,'  of  the  India 
Mission. 

There  are  four  assistants  in  this  hospital;  some  preach 
and  others  do  medical  work.  Samson  N.  Powar  is  a  reliable 
and  a  skilled  assistant.  He  is  a  Hindu.  P.  T.  Lawrence  is 
also  a  valuable  assistant. 

About  13,300  patients  are  treated  annually  in  this  insti¬ 
tution.  Much  valuable  surgical  work  is  done.  The  work 
of  the  hospital  has  opened  the  hearts  and  the  homes  of  the 
people  as  no  other  work  could  do. 

The  new  hospital  is  now  completed.  It  has  been  built 
under  maiiy  trying  circumstances.  It  cost  about  $7,000,  and 
will  be  a  tremendous  force  in  the  community.  The  spirit 
of  the  people  has  greatly  changed  since  1894.  All  classes 
of  people  take  a  larger  interest  in  it,  and  even  the  Moham¬ 
medans  look  upon  it  with  very  much  more  favorable  con¬ 
sideration. 

The  Scriptures  are  read  and  the  gospel  is  preached  to  the 
people  every  morning  before  the  medical  work  begins.  The 

influence  of  the  institution  is  for  good,  and  only  good. 

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A  GROUP  OF  LEPERS  FROM  THE  HARDA  ASYLUM 

The  man  in  the  white  coat,  to  the  left  of  the  group,  is  the  keeper.  The 
building  shown  is  the  one  used  as  a  chapel.  Two  in  the  foreground  are  women. 
Those  whose  fingers  and  toes  have  fallen  off  are  in  the  advanced  stage  of  the 
awful  disease.  There  are  many  thousands  of  such  cases  scattered  throughout 
India. 


A  VIEW  OF  THE  LEPER  ASYLUM  AT  HARDA 


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THE  OLD  HOSPITAL  AT  HARDA,  INDIA 

A  splendid  new  hospital  has  been  built,  but  the  picture  has  not 
yet  been  received.  We  will  publish  it  as  soon  as  it  is  received.  The 
missionaries  have  poor  opportunities  of  securing  good  pictures.  A 
friend  in  Ohio  gave  the  money  for  the  new  hospital. 


DR.  C.  C.  DRUMMOND,  MISSION¬ 
ARY  IN  CHARGE 


SAMSON  POWAR,  MEDICAL  AS¬ 
SISTANT  AND  EVANGELIST 


THE  HOSPITAL  AND  DISPENSARY  WORK  IN 

MUNGELI,  INDIA 

Josepha  Franklin 

The  missionaries  say  that  the  hospital  and  dispensary 
work  in  Miingeli  has  been  one  of  the  greatest  forces  in  the 
district  to  bring  people  to  Christ.  Hira  Lai,  an  old  and 
faithful  Chattisgarh  Christian,  is  at  the  head  of  this  work. 
Bhikram,  a  Chattisgarh  man  who  has  had  a  few  years  in  the 
Bible  College,  assists  him.  The  number  of  patients  at  the 
dispensary  averages  about  fifty  per  day.  Regular  services 
are  held  on  the  veranda  for  these.  There  are  ten  or  twelve 
in-patients.  Interest  in  the  Bible  lessons  is  very  great.  One 
day  a  visitor  at  the  hospital  asked  my  sister  what  was  the 
difference  between  Satynam  (religion  of  the  true  name)  and 
Christianity.  She  said  that  the  teacher  of  the  Satynam 
had  only  a  fragment  of  the  truth,  but  that  the  teacher  of 
Christians  had  the  whole  truth.  The  man  seemed  quite 
pleased  with  this  reply,  and  was  ready  to  hear  more. 

Lepers  Baptized 

Mr.  Benlehr  had  the  oversight  of  the  Leper  Asylum  in 
Mungeli.  Our  missionaries  have  always  had  the  oversight 
of  the  asylum  in  Mungeli.  Mr.  Benlehr,  when  in  the  station, 
had  a  daily  service  for  them.  Five  of  these  were  baptized 
on  the  Sunday  when  I  was  there.  Most  of  the  congregation 
went  from  the  church  to  the  river  to  witness  the  baptism. 

I  have  never  seen  a  more  pathetic  sight.  The  fingers  and 
toes  of  the  lepers  were  gnarled  and  crooked  or  entirely 
broken  off,  while  spots  and  sores  disfigured  their  skin.  Their 
noses  were  sunken  in  at  the  bridge,  and  in  some  cases  nearly 
gone.  Their  lips  were  thick,  coarse,  and  swollen.  Bandages 
were  tied  over  ulcers  on  foot  and  hands.  I  have  never  seen 
much  of  lepers,  so  had  to  struggle  to  overcome  a  sense  of 
physical  repulsion  in  order  to  come  near  enough  to  take  part 
in  the  services.  At  the  same  time  I  could  have  wept  at  the 
pathos  of  the  scene.  Mr.  Grainger  took  the  confessions  of 
the  lepers,  and  Mr.  Benlehr  baptized  them.  The  latter  had 
his  own  hands  swathed  with  cloth,  so  as  not  to  touch  the 

lepers  or  their  clothing.  One  leper  was  entirely  blind  and 

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was  led  into  the  water  by  another  leper,  while  a  lame  man 
was  picked  up  and  carried  in  by  another  leper.  All  gave 
their  responses  in  such  clear  tones  as  to  amaze  me. 

The  Mothers  Are  Coming 

Before  we  left  the  river  a  leper  who  seems  to  be  a  leader 
came  to  my  sister  and  men,  and  said  to  her:  ‘‘For  many  days 
I  have  had  hope  that  my  mother  would  visit  us  in  our  asy¬ 
lum.  Will  she  not  bring  her  sister  and  come  now?”  My 
sister  said  we  would  come,  and  so  we  went  over  the  next 
day.  As  we  neared  the  gate  a  few  lepers  saw  us  and  shouted 
out:  “The  mothers  are  coming.  Get  ready  for  a  meeting.” 
Instantly  the  lepers  began  running  out  from  rooms  all 


Lepers  of  India.  Helpless.  Without  God.  Hopeless. 


around  the  premises.  There  were  about  sixty  of  them.  Al¬ 
though  no  one  shouted,  “Unclean,  unclean!”  still  the  lepers 
kept  apart  from  us.  Our  chairs  were  placed  by  the  keeper, 
who  was  not  a  leper,  and  we  sat  down  in  the  shade  to  have 
a  service  for  them.  The  spokesman  of  the  day  before  man¬ 
aged  everything  for  us,  and  brought  a  musical  instrument 
to  play  on.  It  was  only  a  gourd  partly  covered  with  leather 
and  with  one  string.  It  was  gayly  decorated  with  peacock 
feathers.  I  had  been  told  that  the  lepers  loved  to  sing,  so 
I  told  him  to  play  and  have  all  sing  for  us.  They  chose  their 
own  songs.  The  first  one  was  a  Christian  hymn  with  words 
running  something  like  this:  “Without  thee.  Lord  Jesus, 
I  am  very  helpless.  The  burden  of  my  sin  was  upon  me,  but 
you  took  it  down.  The  river  (of  Death)  is  very  deep,  and 
my  boat  (the  body)  is  old  and  worn  out.  We  all  plead  thee. 
Lord  Jesus,  to  take  us  to  the  other  side.” 

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Sing  Well 

The  mournful  air  with  the  repetition  of  ‘T  am  helpless 
without  Lord  Jesus”  at  every  line  seemed  to  me  the  saddest 
thing  that  I  have  ever  seen  or  heard.  Owing  to  the  training 
given  by  Mrs.  Rioch  and  Mr.  Grainger,  the  people  generally 
sing  well  here.  The  lepers  kept  good  time,  and  sang  with 
comprehension.  One  thing  I  noticed  here,  not  generally 
seen  among  Christians — a  singer  would  face  another  singer 
singing  a  line  as  if  he  were  telling  a  most  joyful  piece  of 
news.  The  second  man  also  sang,  but  quietly.  At  the  next 
line,  however,  the  second  man  would  suddenly  begin  to  sing 
loudly,  as  if  he  had  suddenly  taken  the  story  from  the  lips 
of  the  first  man  and  were  going  on  with  it  to  a  third  man. 
The  first  man  would  then  begin  singing  to  a  fourth  man. 
The  man  who  had  the  gourd  had  also  a  pair  of  iron  rods 
with  chains  on  them.  When  he  fingered  the  string  with  one 
hand  he  rattled  the  rods  and  chains  with  the  other,  and 
swayed  back  and  forth  before  the  persons  to  whom  he  was 
singingi  '  Once  I  noticed  with  a  sickening  horror  that  the 

•  -i'  * 

white  spots  preceding  ulcers  had  appeared  on  his  knuckles, 
and  knew  that  the  falling  off  of  the  fingers  was  only  a  ques¬ 
tion  of  time,  and  his  one  pitiful  form  of  amusing  himself 
would  be  gone. 

The  Communion 

Mr.  Benlehr  said  he  is  not  a  man  who  gives  way  to  senti¬ 
mental  feeling,  but  when  he  first  came  here  he  could  not  bear 
to  see  the  lepers  at  communion.  They  had  individual  cups 
and  balanced  them  sometimes  on  a  stub  of  hand  or  a  wrist, 
or,  failing  in  this,  dropped  the  cups.  All  of  the  lepers  were 
Christians  and  listened  fairly  well  to  the  talk  I  gave  them. 
When  the  service  was  over,  the  leader  came  up  and  said 
there  was  an  old  man  in  the  asylum  too  ill  to  get  up,  and 
asked  us  to  go  and  see  him.  “For,”  he  said,  “I  gave  him 
some  hope  that  our  mothers  would  come  to  see  him.”  We 
went  over  and  found  the  oldest  Christian  in  the  asylum.  He 
had  no  fingers  or  toes,  and  nothing  that  could  be  called 
features,  but  he  told  us  when  he  came  into  the  asylum  and 
of  the  different  missionaries  who  had  been  in  Mungeli  since 
then,  and  of  his  own  baptism. 

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Awfulness  of  Leprosy 

A  sight  of  the  lepers  makes  one  realize  the  force  of  the 
expression  “moral  leper.”  One  form  of  the  disease  is  the 
lack  of  sensation.  Hira  Lai  told  me  that  rats  bite  the  poor 
creatures,  or  they  burn  their  hands  without  knowing  it. 
Again,  the  disease  attacks  the  muscles,  and  the  drawing  is 
fearful  agony.  Burning,  itching,  and  pain  and  fever  torment 
them  night  and  day.  The  people  here,  however,  do  not  have 
the  white  man’s  horror  of  the  disease.  Lepers  often  live  in 
open  sin,  and  children  are  born  in  leper  asylums.  The  asy¬ 
lum  for  Mungeli  is  for  men  only,  although  a  few  women  are 
temporarily  in  it.  Mr.  Benlehr  is  now  building  an  asylum 
for  women  lepers  in  Pendridi.  Although  the  caring  for  the 
lepers  is  a  deed  of  mercy,  it  is  not  a  means  of  spreading 
Christianity  beyond  the  inmates  of  the  asylums. 

Mungeli,  C.  P.,  India. 


PATIENT  AT  THE  MUNGELI  HOSPITAL 

This  patient  was  there  when  Dr.  Anna  Gordon  was  in  charge.  A  snake 
had  bitten  him  on  the  toe,  gangrene  of  entire  foot  set  in.  A  successful  opera* 
tion  in  amputating  the  foot  was  made  by  Dr.  Gordon,  and  he  fully  recovered. 
This  is  only  one  instance  of  hundreds  of  cases  of  merciful  help  to  the  afflicted. 

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DR.  ANNA  GORDON  AND  ASSISTANTS,  MUNGELI 

The  above  is  Dr.  Anna  Gordon  and  three  of  the  medical  assistants  whom 
she  trained.  The  young  man  and  nurse  on  either  side  of  Dr.  Gordon  are  hus¬ 
band  and  wife.  They  were  formerly  famine  orphans.  The  young  man  with 
the  dark  coat  passed  the  State  examination  in  pharmacy. 

Dr.  Gordon  did  a  great  work  as  a  medical  missionary  in  all  this  region. 
She  is  gratefully  remembered  by  all  classes. 


DR.  G.  E.  MILLER  AND  HIS  MEDICAL  STAFF,  MUNGELI 


MRS.  DAVID  RIOCH  AND  HER  HOSPITAL  STAFF  AT 

BARELA 

Barela  is  an  out-station  from  Mungeli.  Mrs.  Rioch  did  much  work  around 
about  Mungeli.  She  and  her  husband  are  now  located  at  Damoh  and  have 
charge  at  present  of  the  orphanage.  Poor  health  and  family  cares  have  not 
permitted  her  to  do  as  much  direct  medical  work  in  recent  years. 

75 


MUNGELI  HOSPITAL 


The  hospital  is  at  the  right  end,  then  the  operating  room,  then  dispensary, 
and  two  ward  rooms — one  for  men  and  the  other  for  women.  This  hospital, 
though  inexpensive,  has  done  much  to  break  down  prejudice  and  to  make 
friends  for  the  gospel. 


There  is  a  wonderful  movement  at  Mungeli.  The 
signs  of  a  mass  movement  grow  brighter. 


WARDS  OF  MUNGELI  HOSPITAL 

The  poor  are  gathered  into  these  wards  and  are  blessed  by  the  ministry 
of  the  medical  missionary.  The  large  tree  has  been  a  great  blessing.  It  affords 
an  abundant  shade.  The  well  is  seen  in  the  center. 


76 


HIRA  LAL,  HOSPITAL  ASSISTANT 
AT  MUNGELI,  INDIA 

A  very  capable  and  a  most  devoted 
man.  He  enjoys  the  confidence  of  all 
classes.  Besides  doing  medical  work, 
he  preaches  the  gospel  with  power. 
He  is  greatly  beloved. 


INDIA  FAMINE  SUFFERER 

The  lives  of  thousands  have  been 
saved  in  India  during  the  famine  years 
by  the  timely  aid  of  friends  in  Amer¬ 
ica  and  in  other  lands. 


LEPERS  IN  ASYLUM  CONDUCTED  BY  FOREIGN  SOCIETY,  MUNGELI, 

INDIA 


There  are  about  sixty  lepers  in  the  asylum,  and  all  are  Christians  but  five. 
The  money  for  the  buildings  was  furnished  by  the  Leper  Mission  of  Edinburgh, 
Scotland.  This  is  a  merciful  institution. 


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WOMEN’S  HOSPITAL 

This  is  a  hospital  and  dispensary  built  in  1905.  It  is  located  at  Damoh, 
and  not  far  from  the  church  and  great  Sunday-school.  The  wards  are  in  the 
wing  of  the  hospital.  The  gospel  is  taught  here  constantly.  Many  have  been 
won  to  Christ.  This  hospital  was  built  by  the  Christian  women  in  England. 
They  did  a  great  service  for  their  sisters  in  India. 

Dr.  Jennie  V.  Fleming  had  charge  of  this  institution  for  a  time.  She  did  a 
good  work. 

Dr.  Mary  T.  McGavran  now  conducts  the  hospital.  Her  life  and  work  are 
very  useful. 


THE  WOMEN’S  HOSPITAL,  DAMOH,  INDIA 
The  Women’s  Hospital,  Damoh,  India 

This  building  was  begun  in  igio  and  completed  in  1911. 
Dr.  Mary  T.  McGavran  has  had  charge  of  it  continuously, 
except  during  furlough  periods,  when  Miss  Mary  Clarke  and 
Dr.  Jennie  Fleming  carried  on  the  work.  Dr.  McGavran 
arrived  in  India  in  1895.  In  1907  she  rented  a  native  house 
in  the  town  and  conducted  a  hospital  and  dispensary.  That 

78 


year  she  treated  13,770  patients.  The  first  year  records  over 
20,000  as  being  treated  in  the  new  hospital.  Many  days  dur¬ 
ing  the  winter  season  she  preaches  to  and  treats  over  one 
hundred  patients  in  a  single  day. 

After  her  morning’s  work  in  the  hospital  is  over,  she 
drives  out  to  the  surrounding  villages  and  treats  patients 
who  are  not  able  to  come  to  the  hospital. 

The  building  is  situated  on  one  of  the  main  streets  and 
within  the  growing  area  of  the  town.  This  hospital  is  one 
of  our  greatest  agencies  for  reaching  people.  Dr.  McGavran 
is  widely  known  and  is  greatly  honored  and  respected.  Peo¬ 
ple  come  from  villages  far  distant  to  be  treated  in  her  hos¬ 
pital. 


BOYS’  HOSPITAL 


This  hospital  is  in  the  Boys’  Orphanage  at  Damoh,  India.  The  great  num¬ 
ber  of  boys  and  young  men  made  a  demand  for  hospital.  When  a  boy  is  not 
able  to  work  or  study,  he  is  cared  for  in  this  institution. 

The  Boys’  Orphanage  Hospital  was  built  mostly  by 
famine  labor.  About  the  years  1901-1902,  J.  G.  McGavran 
had  charge  of  the  most  part  of  the  building,  though  Mr. 
Rambo  and  Mr.  Rioch  shared  in  the  oversight  of  its  erection. 
Dr.  Minnie  Rioch  had  charge  of  it  in  a  medical  way  during 
a  part  of  her  first  term.  Dr.  G.  E.  Miller  had  charge  for  one 
year.  Latterly  a  native  doctor  from  the  Government  Hos¬ 
pital  attends  to  the  needs  of  the  sick  boys  in  the  Boys’  Or¬ 
phanage  Hospital. 

The  building  is  commodious  and  is  well  adapted  to  the 
needs  of  the  orphans.  From  two  to  four  boys  from  among 
the  Orphanage  boys  are  in  training  as  nurses  and  hospital 
assistants.  They  take  the  Government  examinations  from 
time  and  time,  and  many  of  them  become  proficient  nurses 
and  compounders.  79 


MEDICAL  WORK  IN  TIBET 


A  Hospital  to  be  Built 


MEDICAL  WORK  AMONG  TIBETANS 

On  the  right  is  a  Tibetan  teacher.  On  the  left  a  Tibetan, 
holding  a  prayer-wheel,  who  had  typhus  fever  about  six 
weeks  and  was  treated  by  Dr.  Shelton.  This  was  Dr.  Shel¬ 
ton’s  first  fever  patient  among  the  Tibetans. 


DR.  SHELTON  PREPARING  TO 
OPERATE  ON  HAIR-LIP 


■•l  •  . 

Record  of  Thirty-Nine  Years 


y’:  The  following  table  shows  the  record  of  the  Foreign  Society 

i?  for  the  past  thirty-nine  years.  ^  These  are  cheering  figures.  We 
^  have  every  reason  for  thanksgiving.  This  showing  must  be  carefully 
studied  to  be  fully  appreciated. 


•  ;*  . 

‘ 

1 

No.  of  Contrib¬ 

uting  Churches. 

Amount  Con¬ 

tributed  by 
Churches . 

No.  of  Contrib¬ 

uting  ^nday- 
schools. ... ...  . , . 

Amount  Con¬ 

tributed  by 
Sunday-schools. . 

Total  Amount 
Contributed..... . 

. 

■  1 

^  §. 
o  \ 

to 

• 

• 

• 

Native  Helpers. . . 

Total  Missionary  | 

Force...........! 

"■  ■■  ■ 

1876 

30 

$20  00 

'»  • '  •  '  •  •  • 

•  •  •  •• 

$1,706  35 

2 

2 

1877 

41 

548  18 

2 

2,174  95 

i:  ■  2 

• '  •  •  •  • 

2 

■.y'"- '  V  ' 

1878 

68 

565  03 

47 

$195  10 

8,766  24 

'  ■  5 

5 

^  •• 

1879 

209 

1,881  73 

52 

210  26 

8,287  24 

9 

•  a  •  •  • 

9 

1880 

324 

2,723  09 

69 

246  02 

12,144  00 

10 

•  •  *  •  • 

10 

1881 

217 

1,637  54 

198 

75000 

13,178  46 

13 

•  •  a  •  • 

13 

^  v. 

f  '  -.  -  • 

1882 

524 

4,940  77 

501 

2,175  00 

25,063  94 

11 

•  »  a  «  • 

11 

'*  • 

1883 

473 

"  4,764  95 

516 

3,205  00 

25,004  85 

19 

1 

20 

1884 

585 

7,189  90 

699 

4,125  00 

^  26,601  84 

22 

3 

25 

1885 

648 

7,191  00 

787 

5,125  00 

30,260  10 

26 

7 

33 

1886 

653 

7,004  32 

820 

6,035  00 

61,727  07 

31 

13 

44 

1887 

774 

10,304  73 

1,064 

10,513  00 

.  47,75  7  85 

32 

13 

45 

1888 

990 

15,181  72 

1,217 

15,662  00 

62,767  59 

37 

23 

60 

•  ■  T'  "  ‘ 

1889 

1,038 

17,214  67 

1,417 

19,123  00 

64,840  03 

43 

27 

70 

, ;ir' 

1890 

805 

13,505  88 

1,251 

17,765  00 

67,750  49 

53 

28 

81 

1891 

991 

18,000  63 

1,511 

21,411  00 

65,365  76 

58 

34 

92 

1892 

1,355 

24,259  85 

1,452 

22,907  00 

70,320  84 

63 

37 

100 

1893 

1,208 

23,818  49 

1,571 

18,690  00 

58,355  01 

65 

44 

109 

>  f.  • . 

1894 

«1,806 

30,679  63 

2,276 

23,486  00 

'  73,258  16 

66 

55 

121 

-  -fV- 

1895 

2,403 

36,54999 

2,525 

27,553  00 

83,514  16 

68 

66 

134 

.V;;-  • 

\'V-'V.  ' 

1896 

2,459 

39,902  00 

2,605 

28,418  00 

93,867  71 

76 

67 

1  143 

i-A-y 

1897 

2,586 

39,568  28 

2,810 

30,027  00 

106,222  10 

87 

77 

164^ 

■'v'"  ■ 

1898 

2,907 

45,650  20 

3,180 

34,334  00 

130,925  70 

93 

108 

201 

1899 

3,051 

57,781  00 

3,187 

39,071  00 

152^727  38 

98 

131 

229 

1900 

3,067 

65,964  00 

3,260 

42,705  00 

180,016  16 

111 

146 

257 

1901 

2,762 

62,007  00 

3,216 

42,841  00 

171,898  20 

111 

160 

271 

-  ifl’t'  ' 

1902 

2,822 

68,586  00 

3,365 

48,116  00 

178,323  68 

115 

223 

338 

1903 

2,825 

79,785  00 

3,310 

51,630  25 

210,008  68 

117 

290 

407 

1904 

2,915 

89,545  01 

3,532 

56,832  47 

221,318  60 

143 

295 

438 

■M- 

1905 

2,834 

95,500  00 

3,552 

61,817  60 

255,:922  51 

154 

312 

466 

■■vfe  . , 

1906 

3,178 

109,018  00 

3,638 

66,809  65 

268,726  00 

154 

333 

487 

1907 

3,415 

123,468  00 

3,785 

77,158  73 

305,534  54 

155 

410 

565 

:U-  ■  ■ 

1908 

3,457 

128,347  00 

.3,742 

75,180  20 

274,324  39 

167 

594 

761 

1909 

3,396 

146,081  00 

3,775 

77,199  24 

350,685  21 

170 

634 

804 

t  *  - 
.':0'  • 

1910 

3,227 

138,098  48 

3,864 

90,251  82 

360,71292 

170 

761 

931 

;  ■ 

1911 

3,023 

139,501  20 

3,787 

83,041  35 

379,082  03 

169 

759 

928 

1912 

2,971 

135,835  49 

3,981 

92,751  92 

400,728  44 

172 

1085 

1256 

Cv 

1913 

3,122 

129,871  00 

4,051 

92,853  00 

434,183  00 

181 

832 

1013 

V?-.' 

1914 

3,187 

141,604  87 

4,122 

92,753  17 

464,149  16 

181 

805 

986 

X'  ' 


1.  Because  this  is  the  will  of  Gk)d.  He  has  commissioned  the 
church  to  preach  the  gospel  to  the  whole  creation. 

2.  Because  missions  lie  nearest  to  the  heart  of  our  Lord. 
This  was  the  one  work  he  assigned  his  followers  after  he  rose 
from  the  dead  and  bHore  he  ascended  to  the  Father.  • 

Because  we  hilve  obtained  mercy  that  we  might  witness  : 
for  Christ  in  helping  others  to  find  him.  ' 

4-  Because  the  welfare  ofi  t^^^  church  depends  upon  its  efforts 
to  evangelize  the  world. '  ''When  a  church  ceases  to  be  evan- 
gelistic,  it  soon  ceases  to  be  evangelical,”  ^ 

5.  Because  our  own  personal  salvation  depends  upon  our  obe-  « 
dience  to  the  commandments  of  ot^r  Lord,.  "To  obey  is  better 

^'.than sacrifice.”^ ^ ’ \  ^ 

6.  Because  it  is  of  the  very  essence  of  Christianity  to  be  mis-  - 
sionary,  progressivej  world-embracing.  It  would  cease  to  exist 
if  it  ceased  to  be  ihissionary ;  if  it  disregarded  the  parting  charge  / 

\-of:its/;Founder.y':;:';:;' .  y'y' 

7.  Because  the  nations  cannot  be  saved  without  the  gospel. 
Commerce,  diplomacy,  teowledge^  the  instrumentalities  of  civilk  ■  ^ 
zatibn  will  not  fedeein  men  from  sin  and  nip^^  into  fhe  like- 

-ness  of:Christ^-'>;-y>.X'^  v  ^ 

V  \  8.  Because  there  isy  sal v^  in  Christ,  and  there  is  salvation 
in  none  other ;  for  there  is  none  other  name  given  under  heaven  . 
among  men  whereby  men  must  be  saved.  ^ 

Because  the  w^id  cannot  long  exist  part,  pagan  and  part 
Christian.  One  element  or  the  other  must  gain  the  supremacy. 

If  Christian  peopl e  fail  to  do  their  pa^,  the  powers  of  darkness 

^.'will-win  the^day- ^ 

:  io.;  Because  the  eheniies  of  all  righteousness-~infidelity,  im' 
temperance,  and,  worldliness— are  in  keen  competition  with  the 
church  for  the  Control  of  the  nations.  y  ; 

ri.  Because  success  is  assured.:  “This  Salvation  of  God  is 
sent  unto  the  Gentiles,  they  will  also  hear.”  The  Kingdom  of 
this  world  shall  become  the  Kingdom  of  your  Lord  and  of  his 

■■Christi;  ; Vv  - 

expects  to  see  all  nations 
bow  in  submission  to  his  authority.  He  is  waiting  to  see  of  the 
travail  of  his  souh  that  he  may  be  satisfied. 

13.  Because  we  are  all  well  able  to  do  it.  The  church  has  the 
men  to  go  and  the  funds  to  support  them  in  the  Service.  ■ 

14.  Because  of  the  urgent  calls  that  come  from  every  field 
for  the  gospel.  cannot  stop  our  ears  to  these  calls  and  be 

'  .guiltless. 


